अय
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অয় (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬬ (Balinese script)
- অয় (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- အယ (Burmese script)
- અય (Gujarati script)
- ਅਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦪ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಯ (Kannada script)
- អយ (Khmer script)
- ອຍ (Lao script)
- അയ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଅଯ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖧 (Siddham script)
- අය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚣 (Takri script)
- அய (Tamil script)
- అయ (Telugu script)
- อย (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́.jɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.jɐ/
Noun
अय • (áya) stem, m
- (only at end of compounds) going
- (with गवाम् (gavām)) "the going or the turn of the cows"; name of a periodical sacrifice
- a move towards the right at chess
- (Vedic) a die
- the number four
- good luck, favorable fortune
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अयः (áyaḥ) | अयौ (áyau) अया¹ (áyā¹) |
अयाः (áyāḥ) अयासः¹ (áyāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | अयम् (áyam) | अयौ (áyau) अया¹ (áyā¹) |
अयान् (áyān) |
| instrumental | अयेन (áyena) | अयाभ्याम् (áyābhyām) | अयैः (áyaiḥ) अयेभिः¹ (áyebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अयाय (áyāya) | अयाभ्याम् (áyābhyām) | अयेभ्यः (áyebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अयात् (áyāt) | अयाभ्याम् (áyābhyām) | अयेभ्यः (áyebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अयस्य (áyasya) | अययोः (áyayoḥ) | अयानाम् (áyānām) |
| locative | अये (áye) | अययोः (áyayoḥ) | अयेषु (áyeṣu) |
| vocative | अय (áya) | अयौ (áyau) अया¹ (áyā¹) |
अयाः (áyāḥ) अयासः¹ (áyāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- निरय (niráya)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0084/2.