य
Translingual
Pronunciation
Letter
य (ya)
- The first semivowel of the Devanagari script. Linguistically, it is considered the palatal approximant.
See also
Ligatures:
Hindi
Pronunciation
Letter
य • (ya)
See also
- (Devanagari script letters) अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ (Category: Hindi letters) [edit]
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Pronoun
य m
- Devanagari script form of ya (“who (relative)”)
Declension
Declension table of "य" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | यो (yo) | ये (ye) |
Accusative (second) | यं (yaṃ) | ये (ye) |
Instrumental (third) | येन (yena) | येहि (yehi) or येभि (yebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | यस्स (yassa) | येसं (yesaṃ) or येसानं (yesānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | यस्मा (yasmā) or यम्हा (yamhā) | येहि (yehi) or येभि (yebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | यस्स (yassa) | येसं (yesaṃ) or येसानं (yesānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | यस्मिं (yasmiṃ) or यम्हि (yamhi) | येसु (yesu) |
Pronoun
य n
- Devanagari script form of ya (“which (relative)”)
Declension
Declension table of "य" (neuter)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | यं (yaṃ) or यद् (yad) | यानि (yāni) |
Accusative (second) | यं (yaṃ) or यद् (yad) | यानि (yāni) |
Instrumental (third) | येन (yena) | येहि (yehi) or येभि (yebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | यस्स (yassa) | येसं (yesaṃ) or येसानं (yesānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | यस्मा (yasmā) or यम्हा (yamhā) | येहि (yehi) or येभि (yebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | यस्स (yassa) | येसं (yesaṃ) or येसानं (yesānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | यस्मिं (yasmiṃ) or यम्हि (yamhi) | येसु (yesu) |
Usage notes
The case form यद् (yad) is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form. Before vowels, the halant and independent vowel coalesce to the corresponding dependent vowel.
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /jɐ/
Etymology 1
Letter
य • (ya)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
य • (ya) stem, m
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of य (ya) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | यः yaḥ |
यौ / या¹ yau / yā¹ |
याः / यासः¹ yāḥ / yāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | य ya |
यौ / या¹ yau / yā¹ |
याः / यासः¹ yāḥ / yāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | यम् yam |
यौ / या¹ yau / yā¹ |
यान् yān |
Instrumental | येन yena |
याभ्याम् yābhyām |
यैः / येभिः¹ yaiḥ / yebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | याय yāya |
याभ्याम् yābhyām |
येभ्यः yebhyaḥ |
Ablative | यात् yāt |
याभ्याम् yābhyām |
येभ्यः yebhyaḥ |
Genitive | यस्य yasya |
ययोः yayoḥ |
यानाम् yānām |
Locative | ये ye |
ययोः yayoḥ |
येषु yeṣu |
Notes |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899) “य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0838.
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