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Pali
Alternative scripts
- ya (Latin script)
- 𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- य (Devanagari script)
- য (Bengali script)
- ယ (Burmese script)
- ย or ยะ (Thai script)
- ᨿ (Tai Tham script)
- ຍ or ຍະ or ຢະ (Lao script)
- យ (Khmer script)
- 𑄠 (Chakma script)
Pronoun
ය m
- Sinhala script form of ya (“who (relative)”)
2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I), page 82:කන්නු ඛ්වජ්ජ සමණං වා බ්රාහ්මණං වා පයිරුපාසෙය්යාම යන්නො පයිරුපාසතො චිත්තං පසීදෙය්යා!"ති- kannu khvajja samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā payirupāseyyāma yanno payirupāsato cittaṃ pasīdeyyā!"ti
- Indeed now which ascetic or Brahmin should we visit today who, for us visiting him, will soothe the heart?
c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya, Colombo, 2009:3. අක්කොච්ඡි මං අවධි මං අජිනි මං අහාසි මෙ
යෙ තං උපනය්හන්ති වෙරං තෙසං න සම්මති- 3. akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ ajini maṃ ahāsi me
ye taṃ upanayhanti veraṃ tesaṃ na sammati - He abused me, he struck me, he defeated me, he robbed me.
Hatred does not subside for those who nurse grudges thus.
Declension
Declension table of "ය" (masculine)
Pronoun
ය n
- Sinhala script form of ya (“which (relative)”)
Usage notes
The case form යද් (yad) is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form. Before vowels, the al-lakuna and independent vowel coalesce to the corresponding dependent vowel.
Declension
Declension table of "ය" (neuter)
Noun
ය m
- the Pali letter 'y'
Declension
Declension table of "ය" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular |
|---|
| Nominative (first) | යො (yo) |
| Accusative (second) | යං (yaṃ) |
| Instrumental (third) | යෙන (yena) |
| Dative (fourth) | යස්ස (yassa) or යාය (yāya) or යත්ථං (yatthaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | යස්මා (yasmā) or යම්හා (yamhā) or යා (yā) |
| Genitive (sixth) | යස්ස (yassa) |
| Locative (seventh) | යස්මිං (yasmiṃ) or යම්හි (yamhi) or යෙ (ye) |
| Vocative (calling) | ය (ya) |
Sinhalese
Pronunciation
Letter
ය • (ya)
- The twenty-first consonant of the Sinhala alphabet, named yayanna