साय
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Hindi
Etymology
Noun
साय • (sāya) m (Urdu spelling سایہ)
Declension
Declension of साय (masc cons-stem)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
साय
- Devanagari script form of sāya
See also
You are probably looking for सायं (adverb) (sāyaṃ, “in the evening”).
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সায় (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬵᬬ (Balinese script)
- সায় (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰯𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- သာယ (Burmese script)
- સાય (Gujarati script)
- ਸਾਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌾𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦴꦪ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂰𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಾಯ (Kannada script)
- សាយ (Khmer script)
- ສາຍ (Lao script)
- സായ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠ᠊ᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘰𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧑𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐵𑐫 (Newa script)
- ସାଯ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢵꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆳𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖯𑖧 (Siddham script)
- සාය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩛𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚭𑚣 (Takri script)
- ஸாய (Tamil script)
- సాయ (Telugu script)
- สาย (Thai script)
- སཱ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒰𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨊𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“long, lasting”); related to सायम् (sāyam, “in the evening”), Latin sērus (“late, slow”), Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (seiþus, “late”).
Noun
साय • (sāya) stem, n
- end
- termination
- the close of day, evening
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सायम् (sāyam) | साये (sāye) | सायानि (sāyāni) साया¹ (sāyā¹) |
| vocative | साय (sāya) | साये (sāye) | सायानि (sāyāni) साया¹ (sāyā¹) |
| accusative | सायम् (sāyam) | साये (sāye) | सायानि (sāyāni) साया¹ (sāyā¹) |
| instrumental | सायेन (sāyena) | सायाभ्याम् (sāyābhyām) | सायैः (sāyaiḥ) सायेभिः¹ (sāyebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | सायाय (sāyāya) | सायाभ्याम् (sāyābhyām) | सायेभ्यः (sāyebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सायात् (sāyāt) | सायाभ्याम् (sāyābhyām) | सायेभ्यः (sāyebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सायस्य (sāyasya) | साययोः (sāyayoḥ) | सायानाम् (sāyānām) |
| locative | साये (sāye) | साययोः (sāyayoḥ) | सायेषु (sāyeṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
Etymology 2
Related to सायक (sāyaka); see there for more.
Noun
साय • (sāya) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सायः (sāyaḥ) | सायौ (sāyau) साया¹ (sāyā¹) |
सायाः (sāyāḥ) सायासः¹ (sāyāsaḥ¹) |
| vocative | साय (sāya) | सायौ (sāyau) साया¹ (sāyā¹) |
सायाः (sāyāḥ) सायासः¹ (sāyāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | सायम् (sāyam) | सायौ (sāyau) साया¹ (sāyā¹) |
सायान् (sāyān) |
| instrumental | सायेन (sāyena) | सायाभ्याम् (sāyābhyām) | सायैः (sāyaiḥ) सायेभिः¹ (sāyebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | सायाय (sāyāya) | सायाभ्याम् (sāyābhyām) | सायेभ्यः (sāyebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सायात् (sāyāt) | सायाभ्याम् (sāyābhyām) | सायेभ्यः (sāyebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सायस्य (sāyasya) | साययोः (sāyayoḥ) | सायानाम् (sāyānām) |
| locative | साये (sāye) | साययोः (sāyayoḥ) | सायेषु (sāyeṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
Noun
साय • (sāya) stem, n
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “साय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1207/2-3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 725