अयोध्या

See also: अयोध्य

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhyā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.joːd̪ʱ.jɑː/, [ɐ.joːd̪ʱ.jäː]

Proper noun

अयोध्या • (ayodhyā) f (Urdu spelling ایودھیا)

1. Ayodhya (a city in Uttar Pradesh, India, and birthplace of the god Ram in mythology)

Declension

Declension of अयोध्या (sg-only fem ā-stem)

	singular
direct	अयोध्या ayodhyā
oblique	अयोध्या ayodhyā
vocative	अयोध्या ayodhyā

Adjective

अयोध्या • (ayodhyā) (literary)

1. unconquerable, undefeatable

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অয়োধ্যা (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬬᭀᬥ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
• অয়োধ্যা (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰧𑰺𑰠𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀬𑁄𑀥𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• အယောဓျာ (Burmese script)
• અયોધ્યા (Gujarati script)
• ਅਯੋਧ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌯𑍋𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦪꦺꦴꦣꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂨𑂷𑂡𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಯೋಧ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
• អយោធ្យា (Khmer script)
• ອໂຍຘ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
• അയോധ്യാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠶᠣᢡᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘧𑘻𑘠𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠶ᠋ᠣᠸᠠᢑᠾᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧇𑧜𑧀𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐫𑑀𑐢𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଅଯୋଧ୍ଯା (Odia script)
• ꢂꢫꣂꢤ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆪𑆾𑆣𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖧𑖺𑖠𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
• අයොධ්‍යා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩻𑩕𑩮 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚣𑚴𑚜𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
• அயோத்⁴யா (Tamil script)
• అయోధ్యా (Telugu script)
• อโยธฺยา (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཡོ་དྷྱཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒨𑒼𑒡𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨪𑨆𑨜𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of अ- (a-, “un-, not”) +‎ योध्य (yodhya, “subdue”) +‎ आ (ā, feminine suffix), literally “unsubduable citadel”.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.jɐwdʱ.jɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐˈjoːd̪ʱ.jɑː/

Proper noun

अयोध्या • (ayodhyā) stem, f

1. A city, the administrative headquarters of Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh, India, on the bank of the Sarayu river.
2. (Hinduism, historical) A legendary city, the ancient capital of Kosala kingdom, and birthplace of Rāma.

Descendants

• → Bengali: অযোধ্যা (ojōddha) (learned)
• → Gujarati: અયોધ્યા (ayodhyā) (learned)
• → Hindi: अयोध्या (ayodhyā) (learned)
• → Kannada: ಅಯೋಧ್ಯೆ (ayōdhye)
• → Khmer: អយុធ្យា (ʼɑɑyutyiə) (learned)
• → Malayalam: അയോദ്ധ്യ (ayōddhya), അയോധ്യ (ayōdhya)
• → Marathi: अयोध्या (ayodhyā) (learned)
• → Tamil: அயோத்தி (ayōtti)
• → Telugu: అయోధ్య (ayōdhya) (learned)
• → Thai: อยุธยา (à-yút-tá-yaa) (learned)
  • → Burmese: အယုဓျာ (a.yu.dhya)
  • → Burmese: ယိုးဒယား (yui:da.ya:)
    • → Thai: โยดะยา (yoo-dà-yaa)

Adjective

अयोध्या • (ayodhyā́)

1. nominative feminine singular of अयोध्य (ayodhyá)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अयोध्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 86, column 1.