अयि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • অয়ি (Assamese script)
  • ᬅᬬᬶ (Balinese script)
  • অয়ি (Bengali script)
  • 𑰀𑰧𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀅𑀬𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • အယိ (Burmese script)
  • અયિ (Gujarati script)
  • ਅਯਿ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌅𑌯𑌿 (Grantha script)
  • ꦄꦪꦶ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂃𑂨𑂱 (Kaithi script)
  • ಅಯಿ (Kannada script)
  • អយិ (Khmer script)
  • ອຍິ (Lao script)
  • അയി (Malayalam script)
  • ᠠᠶᡳ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘀𑘧𑘱 (Modi script)
  • ᠠᠶ᠋ᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦠𑧇𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐀𑐫𑐶 (Newa script)
  • ଅଯି (Odia script)
  • ꢂꢫꢶ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆃𑆪𑆴 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖀𑖧𑖰 (Siddham script)
  • අයි (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩻𑩑 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚀𑚣𑚮 (Takri script)
  • அயி (Tamil script)
  • అయి (Telugu script)
  • อยิ (Thai script)
  • ཨ་ཡི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒁𑒨𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨪𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Related to अये (aye), possibly of Dravidian origin, compare Tamil ஐய (aiya, exclamation of wonder, pity, concern).

Pronunciation

Interjection

अयि • (ayi)

  1. a gentle address in the sense of "friend", "oh", "ah", or simply a vocative particle (especially used in dramas)
  2. a particle of encouragement or introducing a kind inquiry

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अयि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 85, column 3.
  • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अयि”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “ayi”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 12
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “ayi”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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