य

See also: यूँ, ये, यों, यी, यो, या, and ਧ

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jə/ (may vary by language)

Letter

य (ya)

1. The first semivowel of the Devanagari script. Linguistically, it is considered the palatal approximant.

See also

Ligatures:

• द्य (dya): द + य
• ह्य (hya): ह + य

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Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /jə/, [jɐ]

Letter

य • (ya)

1. The twenty-sixth consonant in Hindi.

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]}

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ya (Latin script)
• 𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• য (Bengali script)
• ය (Sinhalese script)
• ယ (Burmese script)
• ย or ยะ (Thai script)
• ᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍ or ຍະ or ຢະ (Lao script)
• យ (Khmer script)
• 𑄠 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

य m

1. Devanagari script form of ya (“who (relative)”)

Declension

Declension table of "य" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
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

1. Devanagari script form of ya (“which (relative)”)

Declension

Declension table of "य" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
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.

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Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jɐ/

Letter

य • (ya)

1. The twenty-fourth consonant in Sanskrit.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

य • (ya) stem, m

1. (prosody) bacchius
2. fame
3. carriage
4. light
5. An act of restraining
6. An act of joining

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of य (ya)
	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	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0838.