दया

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit दया (dayā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪ə.jɑː/, [d̪ɐ.jäː]

Noun[edit]

दया (dayāf (Urdu spelling دیا)

  1. pity, mercy
    मुझे उस पर दया आ गई।mujhe us par dayā ā gaīI took pity on him.
    उसका दिल दया से पिघल गया।usakā dil dayā se pighal gayāHis heart melted with pity.

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Bahri, Hardev (1989), “दया”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Marathi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit दया (dayā).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

दया (dayāf

  1. kindness, mercy, pity
    Synonym: करुणा (karuṇā)

Declension[edit]

Declension of दया (fem ā-stem)
direct
singular
दया
dayā
direct
plural
दया
dayā
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
दया
dayā
दया
dayā
oblique
सामान्यरूप
दये
daye
दयां-
dayān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
दयेला
dayelā
दयांना
dayānnā
ergative दयेने, दयेनं
dayene, dayena
दयांनी
dayānnī
instrumental दयेशी
dayeśī
दयांशी
dayānśī
locative
सप्तमी
दयेत
dayet
दयांत
dayāt
vocative
संबोधन
दये
daye
दयांनो
dayānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of दया (fem ā-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
दयेचा
dayeċā
दयेचे
dayeċe
दयेची
dayecī
दयेच्या
dayecā
दयेचे, दयेचं
dayeċe, dayeċa
दयेची
dayecī
दयेच्या
dayecā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
दयांचा
dayānċā
दयांचे
dayānċe
दयांची
dayāñcī
दयांच्या
dayāncā
दयांचे, दयांचं
dayānċe, dayānċa
दयांची
dayāñcī
दयांच्या
dayāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References[edit]

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “दया”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

Sanskrit[edit]

Alternative scripts[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root दय् (day, to divide, impart, take part in).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

दया (dayā) stemf

  1. sympathy
  2. compassion
  3. pity
  4. mercy

Declension[edit]

Feminine ā-stem declension of दया (dayā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative दया
dayā
दये
daye
दयाः
dayāḥ
Vocative दये
daye
दये
daye
दयाः
dayāḥ
Accusative दयाम्
dayām
दये
daye
दयाः
dayāḥ
Instrumental दयया / दया¹
dayayā / dayā¹
दयाभ्याम्
dayābhyām
दयाभिः
dayābhiḥ
Dative दयायै
dayāyai
दयाभ्याम्
dayābhyām
दयाभ्यः
dayābhyaḥ
Ablative दयायाः
dayāyāḥ
दयाभ्याम्
dayābhyām
दयाभ्यः
dayābhyaḥ
Genitive दयायाः
dayāyāḥ
दययोः
dayayoḥ
दयानाम्
dayānām
Locative दयायाम्
dayāyām
दययोः
dayayoḥ
दयासु
dayāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants[edit]

  • Hindi: दया (dayā)
  • Marathi: दया (dayā)
  • Old Javanese: dayā
  • Pali: dayā
  • Tamil: தயை (tayai), தயவு (tayavu)

References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899), “दया”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 469/3, 470/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 20-1