श्यै

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• श्या (śyā), शी (śī)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শ্যৈ (Assamese script)
• ᬰ᭄ᬬᬿ (Balinese script)
• শ্যৈ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰿𑰧𑰹 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁆𑀬𑁃 (Brahmi script)
• ၐျဲ (Burmese script)
• શ્યૈ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼੍ਯੈ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍍𑌯𑍈 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦾꦻ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂹𑂨𑂶 (Kaithi script)
• ಶ್ಯೈ (Kannada script)
• ឝ្យៃ (Khmer script)
• ຨ຺ໄຍ (Lao script)
• ശ്യൈ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠶᠠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘿𑘧𑘺 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠶ᠋ᠧᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧠𑧇𑧛 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑂𑐫𑐿 (Newa script)
• ଶ୍ଯୈ (Odia script)
• ꢯ꣄ꢫꣀ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑇀𑆪𑆽 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖿𑖧𑖹 (Siddham script)
• ශ්‍යෛ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿 𑪙𑩻𑩗 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚶𑚣𑚳 (Takri script)
• ஶ்யை (Tamil script)
• శ్యై (Telugu script)
• ศฺไย (Thai script)
• ཤྱཻ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑓂𑒨𑒻 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑩇𑨪𑨇 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Related to Ossetian суюн (sujun, “freeze”). Outside of Indo-Iranian, perhaps related to Lithuanian šešélis (“shade, shadow”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕjɑːj/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɕjɑj/

Root

श्यै • (śyai)

1. to cause to congeal or freeze
2. to go, move
3. to congeal, freeze, be cold

Derived terms

• अश्यास्त (aśyāsta)
• शश्ये (śaśye)
• शाश्याति (śāśyāti)
• शाश्यायते (śāśyāyate)
• शाश्येति (śāśyeti)
• शिश्यासते (śiśyāsate)
• शीत (śīta)
• शीयते (śīyate)
• श्याता (śyātā)
• श्यापयति (śyāpayati)
• श्यायति (śyāyati)
• श्यायते (śyāyate)
• श्यास्यते (śyāsyate)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “श्यै”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1095/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 177
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 660-1
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 383-4