या

See also: यों, यूँ, यी, यो, य, and ये

Braj

Pronoun

या (yā)

1. oblique of यह (yah)

   Synonym: इहिं (ihĩ)

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Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /jɑː/, [jäː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian یا‎ (yâ).

Conjunction

या • (yā) (Urdu spelling یا‎)

1. or

   क्या आपको चाय या कॉफ़ी चाहिए?

   kyā āpko cāy yā kŏfī cāhie?

   Would you like tea or coffee?

   कौन बड़ा है, सुमित या सुमन?

   kaun baṛā hai, sumit yā suman?

   Who's bigger, Sumit or Suman?

   Synonyms: अथवा (athvā), वा (vā), कि (ki)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic يا‎ (yā).

Interjection

या • (yā) (Urdu spelling یا‎)

1. oh!

   या अल्लाह, क्या हो गया है!

   yā allāh, kyā ho gayā hai!

   Oh my god, what has happened! (Islam)

   Synonyms: अरे (are) (more common), हे (he)

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Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja/, [jä]

Conjunction

या • (yā)

1. or

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Newar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja/

Postposition

या • (yā)

1. marks the genitive case: of, belonging to

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• yā (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• যা (Bengali script)
• යා (Sinhalese script)
• ယာ or ယႃ (Burmese script)
• ยา (Thai script)
• ᨿᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍາ or ຢາ (Lao script)
• យា (Khmer script)

Pronoun

या f

1. Devanagari script form of yā (“who”)

Declension

Declension table of "या" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	या	यायो or या
Accusative (second)	यं	यायो or या
Instrumental (third)	याय	याहि or याभि
Dative (fourth)	याय or यस्सा	यासं or यासानं
Ablative (fifth)	याय	याहि or याभि
Genitive (sixth)	याय or यस्सा	यासं or यासानं
Locative (seventh)	याय or यायं or यस्सं	यासु

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
• যা (Assamese script)
• যা (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
• યા (Gujarati script)
• ꦪꦴ (Javanese script)
• ಯಾ (Kannada script)
• ယာ (Burmese script)
• 𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଯା (Oriya script)
• ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
• యా (Telugu script)
• ཡཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From इ (i) +‎ -आ (-ā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /jɑː/

Noun

या • (yā) f

1. going
2. a car
3. restraining
4. religious meditation
5. attaining
6. pudendum muliebre

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of या (yā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	याः yāḥ	यौ yau	याः yāḥ
Vocative	याः yāḥ	यौ yau	याः yāḥ
Accusative	याम् yām	यौ yau	याः / यः¹ yāḥ / yaḥ¹
Instrumental	या yā	याभ्याम् yābhyām	याभिः yābhiḥ
Dative	ये ye	याभ्याम् yābhyām	याभ्यः yābhyaḥ
Ablative	यः yaḥ	याभ्याम् yābhyām	याभ्यः yābhyaḥ
Genitive	यः yaḥ	योः yoḥ	यानाम् / याम्¹ yānām / yām¹
Locative	यि yi	योः yoḥ	यासु yāsu
Notes	¹Perhaps

References

• Monier Williams (1899) , “या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 849.