अयोध्या

See also: अयोध्य

Hindi

राम मंदिर

अयोध्या जनपद

अयोध्या मंडल

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhyā).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

अयोध्या • (ayodhyā) (literary)

1. unconquerable, undefeatable

Proper noun

अयोध्या • (ayodhyā) f (Urdu spelling ایودھیا)

1. Ayodhya (a city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India, and birthplace of Rāma).

Declension

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

	singular
direct	अयोध्या ayodhyā
oblique	अयोध्या ayodhyā
vocative	अयोध्या ayodhyā

See also

districts of Uttar Pradesh, India: उत्तर प्रदेश के जनपद (uttar pradeś ke janpad)edit

• अमरोहा (amrohā)
• अमेठी (ameṭhī)
• अम्बेडकर नगर (ambeḍkar nagar)
• अयोध्या (ayodhyā)
• अलीगढ़ (alīgaṛh)
• आगरा (āgrā)
• आज़मगढ़ (āzamgaṛh)
• इटावा (iṭāvā)
• उन्नाव (unnāv)
• एटा (eṭā)
• औरैया (auraiyā)
• कन्नौज (kannauj)
• कानपुर देहात (kānpur dehāt)
• कानपुर नगर (kānpur nagar)
• कासगंज (kāsgañj)
• कुशीनगर (kuśīngar)
• कौशांबी (kauśāmbī)
• ग़ाज़ियाबाद (ġāziyābād)
• ग़ाज़ीपुर (ġāzīpur)
• गोण्डा (goṇḍā)
• गोरखपुर (gorakhpur)
• गौतम बुद्ध नगर (gautam buddh nagar)
• चन्दौली (candaulī)
• चित्रकूट (citrakūṭ)
• जालौन (jālaun)
• जौनपुर (jaunpur)
• झाँसी (jhā̃sī)
• देवरिया (devriyā)
• पीलीभीत (pīlībhīt)
• प्रतापगढ़ (pratāpgaṛh)
• प्रयागराज (prayāgrāj)
• फ़तेहपुर (fatehpur)
• फ़र्रूख़ाबाद (farrūxābād)
• फ़िरोज़ाबाद (firozābād)
• बदायूँ (badāyū̃)
• बरेली (barelī)
• बलरामपुर (balrāmpur)
• बलिया (baliyā)
• बस्ती (bastī)
• बहराइच (bahrāic)
• बांदा (bāndā)
• बागपत (bāgpat)
• बाराबंकी (bārābaṅkī)
• बिजनौर (bijnaur)
• बुलंदशहर (bulandaśhar)
• भदोही (bhadohī)
• मऊ (maū)
• मथुरा (mathurā)
• महाराजगंज (mahārājgañj)
• महोबा (mahobā)
• मिर्ज़ापुर (mirzāpur)
• मुज़फ़्फ़रनगर (muzaffarangar)
• मुरादाबाद (murādābād)
• मेरठ (meraṭh)
• मैनपुरी (mainpurī)
• रामपुर (rāmpur)
• रायबरेली (rāyabrelī)
• लखनऊ (lakhnaū)
• लखीमपुर खीरी (lakhīmpur khīrī)
• ललितपुर (lalitpur)
• वाराणसी (vārāṇsī)
• शामली (śāmlī)
• शाहजहाँपुर (śāhajhā̃pur)
• श्रावस्ती (śrāvastī)
• संत कबीर नगर (sant kabīr nagar)
• सम्भल (sambhal)
• सहारनपुर (sahāranpur)
• सिद्धार्थनगर (siddhārthangar)
• सीतापुर (sītāpur)
• सुल्तानपुर (sultānpur)
• सोनभद्र (sonbhadra)
• हमीरपुर (hamīrpur)
• हरदोई (hardoī)
• हाथरस (hāthras)
• हापुड़ (hāpuṛ)

divisions of Uttar Pradesh, India: उत्तर प्रदेश के मंडल (uttar pradeś ke maṇḍal)edit

• अयोध्या (ayodhyā)
• अलीगढ़ (alīgaṛh)
• आगरा (āgrā)
• आज़मगढ़ (āzamgaṛh)
• कानपुर (kānpur)
• गोरखपुर (gorakhpur)
• चित्रकूट (citrakūṭ)
• झाँसी (jhā̃sī)
• देवीपाटन (devīpāṭan)
• प्रयागराज (prayāgrāj)
• बरेली (barelī)
• बस्ती (bastī)
• मिर्ज़ापुर (mirzāpur)
• मुरादाबाद (murādābād)
• मेरठ (meraṭh)
• लखनऊ (lakhnaū)
• वाराणसी (vārāṇsī)
• सहारनपुर (sahāranpur)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अयोध्या”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 304

Marathi

अयोध्या राम मंदिर

अयोध्या जिल्हा

अयोध्या विभाग

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhyā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.jod̪ʱ.ja/

Proper noun

अयोध्या • (ayodhyā) f

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

Declension

Declension of अयोध्या (fem ā-stem)
direct singular	अयोध्या ayodhyā
direct plural	अयोध्या ayodhyā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	अयोध्या ayodhyā		अयोध्या ayodhyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	अयोध्ये ayodhye		अयोध्यां- ayodhyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	अयोध्येला ayodhyelā		अयोध्यांना ayodhyānnā
ergative	अयोध्येने, अयोध्येनं ayodhyene, ayodhyena		अयोध्यांनी ayodhyānnī
instrumental	अयोध्येशी ayodhyeśī		अयोध्यांशी ayodhyānśī
locative सप्तमी	अयोध्येत ayodhyet		अयोध्यांत ayodhyāt
vocative संबोधन	अयोध्ये ayodhye		अयोध्यांनो ayodhyānno
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 अयोध्या (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	अयोध्येचा ayodhyeċā	अयोध्येचे ayodhyeċe	अयोध्येची ayodhyecī	अयोध्येच्या ayodhyecā	अयोध्येचे, अयोध्येचं ayodhyeċe, ayodhyeċa	अयोध्येची ayodhyecī	अयोध्येच्या ayodhyecā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	अयोध्यांचा ayodhyānċā	अयोध्यांचे ayodhyānċe	अयोध्यांची ayodhyāñcī	अयोध्यांच्या ayodhyāncā	अयोध्यांचे, अयोध्यांचं ayodhyānċe, ayodhyānċa	अयोध्यांची ayodhyāñcī	अयोध्यांच्या ayodhyāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “अयोध्या”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

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

Feminine of अयोध्य (ayodhya, “impregnable”), literally meaning "the impregnable [city]".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.joːd̪ʱ.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) the ancient capital of Kosala kingdom, and birthplace of Rāma.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of अयोध्या

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अयोध्या (ayodhyā)	अयोध्ये (ayodhye)	अयोध्याः (ayodhyāḥ)
accusative	अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām)	अयोध्ये (ayodhye)	अयोध्याः (ayodhyāḥ)
instrumental	अयोध्यया (ayodhyayā)	अयोध्याभ्याम् (ayodhyābhyām)	अयोध्याभिः (ayodhyābhiḥ)
dative	अयोध्यायै (ayodhyāyai)	अयोध्याभ्याम् (ayodhyābhyām)	अयोध्याभ्यः (ayodhyābhyaḥ)
ablative	अयोध्यायाः (ayodhyāyāḥ)	अयोध्याभ्याम् (ayodhyābhyām)	अयोध्याभ्यः (ayodhyābhyaḥ)
genitive	अयोध्यायाः (ayodhyāyāḥ)	अयोध्ययोः (ayodhyayoḥ)	अयोध्यानाम् (ayodhyānām)
locative	अयोध्यायाम् (ayodhyāyām)	अयोध्ययोः (ayodhyayoḥ)	अयोध्यासु (ayodhyāsu)
vocative	अयोध्ये (ayodhye)	अयोध्ये (ayodhye)	अयोध्याः (ayodhyāḥ)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀑𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸 (aŏjjhā), 𑀅𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸 (aüjjhā), 𑀅𑀬𑁄𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸 (ayŏjjhā)

Borrowed terms

• → 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)
• → Odia: ଅଯୋଧ୍ୟା (ajodhyā) (learned)
• → Punjabi: ਅਯੋਧਿਆ (ayodhiā) (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

अ॒यो॒ध्या • (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.