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 Rāma)

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 अयोध्य (ayodhya) +‎ -आ (-ā, feminine suffix), literally “unsubduable citadel”.

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) A legendary city, 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)
• → 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.