श्याव्या

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শ্যাৱ্যা (Assamese script)
• ᬰ᭄ᬬᬵᬯ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
• শ্যাব্যা (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰿𑰧𑰯𑰪𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ၐျာဝျာ (Burmese script)
• શ્યાવ્યા (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼੍ਯਾਵ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦾꦴꦮꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂹𑂨𑂰𑂫𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಶ್ಯಾವ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
• ឝ្យាវ្យា (Khmer script)
• ຨ຺ຍາວ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
• ശ്യാവ്യാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘪𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠸᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧠𑧇𑧑𑧊𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐰𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଶ୍ଯାଵ୍ଯା (Odia script)
• ꢯ꣄ꢫꢵꢮ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑇀𑆪𑆳𑆮𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖿𑖧𑖯𑖪𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ශ්‍යාව්‍යා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿 𑪙𑩻𑩛𑩾 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚦𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஶ்யாவ்யா (Tamil script)
• శ్యావ్యా (Telugu script)
• ศฺยาวฺยา (Thai script)
• ཤྱཱ་ཝྱཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑓂𑒨𑒰𑒫𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑩇𑨪𑨊𑨭𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

Related to श्याव (śyāvá, “dark”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕjɑː.ʋí.jɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕjɑːʋ.jɑː/

Noun

श्याव्या • (śyāvyā̀) stem, f (Rigvedic) (metrical Vedic śyāvíyā)

1. darkness, gloom

   Synonyms: अन्धकार (andhakāra), तमस् (tamas), रामी (rāmī), कार्ष्ण्य (kārṣṇya), आन्ध्य (āndhya)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.15.17:

     इ॒ममु॒ त्यम॑थर्व॒वद॒ग्निं म॑न्थन्ति वे॒धसः॑ ।
     यम॑ङ्कू॒यन्त॒मान॑य॒न्नमू॑रं श्या॒व्या॑भ्यः ॥

     imámu tyámatharvavádagníṃ manthanti vedhásaḥ .
     yámaṅkūyántamā́nayannámūraṃ śyāvyā̀bhyaḥ .

     Here, the priests churn this Agni, as did Atharvan, and bring him, the wise, from the glooms of night wandering deviously.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of श्याव्या (śyāvyā̀)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	श्याव्या śyāvyā̀	श्याव्ये śyāvyè	श्याव्याः śyāvyā̀ḥ
Vocative	श्याव्ये śyā́vye	श्याव्ये śyā́vye	श्याव्याः śyā́vyāḥ
Accusative	श्याव्याम् śyāvyā̀m	श्याव्ये śyāvyè	श्याव्याः śyāvyā̀ḥ
Instrumental	श्याव्यया / श्याव्या¹ śyāvyàyā / śyāvyā̀¹	श्याव्याभ्याम् śyāvyā̀bhyām	श्याव्याभिः śyāvyā̀bhiḥ
Dative	श्याव्यायै śyāvyā̀yai	श्याव्याभ्याम् śyāvyā̀bhyām	श्याव्याभ्यः śyāvyā̀bhyaḥ
Ablative	श्याव्यायाः / श्याव्यायै² śyāvyā̀yāḥ / śyāvyā̀yai²	श्याव्याभ्याम् śyāvyā̀bhyām	श्याव्याभ्यः śyāvyā̀bhyaḥ
Genitive	श्याव्यायाः / श्याव्यायै² śyāvyā̀yāḥ / śyāvyā̀yai²	श्याव्ययोः śyāvyàyoḥ	श्याव्यानाम् śyāvyā̀nām
Locative	श्याव्यायाम् śyāvyā̀yām	श्याव्ययोः śyāvyàyoḥ	श्याव्यासु śyāvyā̀su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Etymology 2

Noun

श्याव्या • (śyāvyā) f

1. instrumental singular of श्यावी (śyā́vī)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “श्याव्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1095, column 1.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “śyāvyā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śyāvíyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 735