ය

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• ya (Latin script)
• 𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• य (Devanagari script)
• য (Bengali 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

ය m

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

Declension

Declension table of "ය" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	යො (yo)	යෙ (ye)
Accusative (second)	යං (yaṃ)	යෙ (ye)
Instrumental (third)	යෙන (yena)	යෙහි (yehi) or යෙභි (yebhi)
Dative (fourth)	යස‍්ස (yassa)	යෙසං (yesaṃ) or යෙසානං (yesānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	යස‍්මා (yasmā) or යම‍්හා (yamhā)	යෙහි (yehi) or යෙභි (yebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	යස‍්ස (yassa)	යෙසං (yesaṃ) or යෙසානං (yesānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	යස‍්මිං (yasmiṃ) or යම‍්හි (yamhi)	යෙසු (yesu)

Pronoun

ය n

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

Declension

Declension table of "ය" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	යං (yaṃ) or යද් (yad)	යානි (yāni)
Accusative (second)	යං (yaṃ) or යද් (yad)	යානි (yāni)
Instrumental (third)	යෙන (yena)	යෙහි (yehi) or යෙභි (yebhi)
Dative (fourth)	යස‍්ස (yassa)	යෙසං (yesaṃ) or යෙසානං (yesānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	යස‍්මා (yasmā) or යම‍්හා (yamhā)	යෙහි (yehi) or යෙභි (yebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	යස‍්ස (yassa)	යෙසං (yesaṃ) or යෙසානං (yesānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	යස‍්මිං (yasmiṃ) or යම‍්හි (yamhi)	යෙසු (yesu)

Usage notes

The case form යද් (yad) is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form. Before vowels, the al-lakuna and independent vowel coalesce to the corresponding dependent vowel.

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Sinhalese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja]

Letter

ය • (ya)

1. The glide consonant yayanna.