य - Translingual

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jə/ (may vary by language)

Letter

(ya)

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

य - Dhivehi

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [jə]

Letter

(ya)

  1. The twenty-first consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

य - Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA: /jə/

Letter

(ya)

  1. the twenty-sixth consonant in Hindi

य - Marathi

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jə/

Letter

(ya)

  1. The twenty-fifth consonant in Marathi.

य - Nepali

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jʌ/, /e/

Letter

(ya)

  1. The twenty-sixth consonant in Nepali.

य - Pali

Alternative forms

  • ya (Latin script)
  • 𑀬 (Brahmi script)
  • (Bengali script)
  • (Sinhalese script)
  • (Burmese script)
  • or ยะ (Thai script)
  • ᨿ (Tai Tham script)
  • or ຍະ or ຢະ (Lao script)
  • (Khmer script)
  • 𑄠 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

 m

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

Declension

Case \ NumberSingularPlural
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

 n

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

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.

Declension

Case \ NumberSingularPlural
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)

Noun

 m

  1. the Pali letter 'y'

Declension

Case \ NumberSingular
Nominative (first)यो (yo)
Accusative (second)यं (yaṃ)
Instrumental (third)येन (yena)
Dative (fourth)यस्स (yassa) or याय (yāya) or यत्थं (yatthaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)यस्मा (yasmā) or यम्हा (yamhā) or या ()
Genitive (sixth)यस्स (yassa)
Locative (seventh)यस्मिं (yasmiṃ) or यम्हि (yamhi) or ये (ye)
Vocative (calling) (ya)

य - Sanskrit

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /jɐ/

Letter

(ya)

  1. the twenty-fourth consonant in Sanskrit

Noun

(ya) 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 (ya)
Meaning and Definition of य
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