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Braj
Pronoun
या (yā)
- oblique of यह (yah)
- Synonym: इहिं (ihĩ)
See also
- इस (is) (hindi eqivalent)
Hindi
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian یا (yā).
Conjunction
या • (yā) (Urdu spelling یا)
- or
- Synonyms: अथवा (athvā), वा (vā), कि (ki)
क्या आपको चाय या कॉफ़ी चाहिए?- kyā āpko cāy yā kŏfī cāhie?
- Would you like tea or coffee?
कौन बड़ा है, सुमित या सुमन?- kaun baṛā hai, sumit yā suman?
- Who's bigger, Sumit or Suman?
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic يا (yā).
Interjection
या • (yā) (Urdu spelling یا)
- O (vocative particle)
- Synonyms: (more common) अरे (are), हे (he)
या ख़ुदा, क्या हो गया है!- yā xudā, kyā ho gayā hai!
- O God, what has happened! (Islam)
Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Phonetic Devanagari: या
Conjunction
या • (yā)
- or
Newar
Pronunciation
Postposition
या • (yā) (Newa Spelling 𑐫𑐵)
- marks the genitive case: of, belonging to
Pali
Alternative scripts
- yā (Latin script)
- 𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- যা (Bengali script)
- යා (Sinhalese script)
- ယာ or ယႃ (Burmese script)
- ยา (Thai script)
- ᨿᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ຍາ or ຢາ (Lao script)
- យា (Khmer script)
- 𑄠𑄂 (Chakma script)
Pronoun
या f
- Devanagari script form of yā (“who”)
Declension
Declension table of "या" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|
| Nominative (first) | या (yā) | यायो (yāyo) or या (yā) |
| Accusative (second) | यं (yaṃ) | यायो (yāyo) or या (yā) |
| Instrumental (third) | याय (yāya) | याहि (yāhi) or याभि (yābhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | याय (yāya) or यस्सा (yassā) | यासं (yāsaṃ) or यासानं (yāsānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | याय (yāya) | याहि (yāhi) or याभि (yābhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | याय (yāya) or यस्सा (yassā) | यासं (yāsaṃ) or यासानं (yāsānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | याय (yāya) or यायं (yāyaṃ) or यस्सं (yassaṃ) | यासु (yāsu) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- যা (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
- যা (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ယာ (Burmese script)
- યા (Gujarati script)
- ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಯಾ (Kannada script)
- យា (Khmer script)
- ຍາ (Lao script)
- യാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଯା (Odia script)
- ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
- යා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
- யா (Tamil script)
- యా (Telugu script)
- ยา (Thai script)
- ཡཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaH-, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to go”).
Root
या • (yā)
- to go, proceed, move, walk, set out, march, advance, travel, journey
- to go away, withdraw, retire
- to flee, escape
- to go towards or against, go or come to, enter, approach, arrive at, reach
- to go to a woman for sexual intercourse
- to go to for any purpose
- to extend to
- to last for
- to pass away, elapse (said of time)
- to vanish, disappear (as wealth)
- to come to pass, prosper, succeed
- to proceed, behave, act
- to find out, discover
- to receive or learn (a science) from
- to undertake, undergo
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- यात (yātá, Past Participle)
- यातुम् (yātum, Infinitive)
- यातवे (yā́tave, Infinitive)
- यातवै (yā́tavái, Infinitive)
- यै (yái, Infinitive)
- यात्वा (yātvā́, Gerund)
- याय (yā́ya, Gerund)
- यायम् (yāyam, Gerund)
- यातव्य (yātavya, Gerundive)
- याप्य (yāpya, Causative Gerundive)
- यियासु (yiyāsu, Desiderative Participle)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
Noun
या • (yā) stem, f
- going
- a car
- restraining
- religious meditation
- attaining
- pudendum muliebre
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to beg, request”). Cognate with Tocharian B yāsk- (“to beg”), Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, ardor”), Old Irish áilid (“wishes strongly, implores”). याच् (yāc) is likely an enlargement of the root.
Root
या • (yā)
- to go to for any request, implore, solicit
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 838/2, 849/1.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 131
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “yā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 407-408
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 617-8
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 210