હૈયું

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati हीउं (hīuṃ), from Prakrit 𑀳𑀺𑀆 (hiā), 𑀳𑀺𑀬𑀬 (hiyaya, hiatus-filler) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit हृदय (hṛ́daya). Doublet of હૃદય (hŕdya), દિલ (dil), and હાર્ટ (hārṭ). Cognate with Marwari हियौ (hiyau).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈɦəɪ.jũ/

Noun

હૈયું • (haiyũ) n

1. (anatomy) heart

Declension

Declension of હૈયું
	Singular	Plural
nominative	હૈયું (haiyũ)	હૈયાં (haiyā̃), હૈયાંઓ (haiyā̃o)
oblique	હૈયા (haiyā)	હૈયાંઓ (haiyā̃o)
vocative	હૈયા (haiyā)	હૈયાંઓ (haiyā̃o)
instrumental	હૈયે (haiye)	હૈયાંએ (haiyā̃e)
locative	હૈયે (haiye)	હૈયે (haiye)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hŕ̊daya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 818
• “હૈયું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.