अयोध्या
See also: अयोध्य
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhyā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.joːd̪ʱ.jɑː/, [ɐ.joːd̪ʱ.jäː]
Proper noun
अयोध्या • (ayodhyā) f (Urdu spelling ایودھیا)
- Ayodhya (a city in Uttar Pradesh, India, and birthplace of Rāma)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | अयोध्या ayodhyā |
| oblique | अयोध्या ayodhyā |
| vocative | अयोध्या ayodhyā |
Adjective
अयोध्या • (ayodhyā) (literary)
Declension
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অয়োধ্যা (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬬᭀᬥ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
- অয়োধ্যা (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰧𑰺𑰠𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀬𑁄𑀥𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- အယောဓျာ (Burmese script)
- અયોધ્યા (Gujarati script)
- ਅਯੋਧ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌯𑍋𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦪꦺꦴꦣꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂨𑂷𑂡𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಯೋಧ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
- អយោធ្យា (Khmer script)
- ອໂຍຘ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
- അയോധ്യാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠶᠣᢡᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘧𑘻𑘠𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠶ᠋ᠣᠸᠠᢑᠾᠶᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧇𑧜𑧀𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐫𑑀𑐢𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଅଯୋଧ୍ଯା (Odia script)
- ꢂꢫꣂꢤ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆪𑆾𑆣𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖧𑖺𑖠𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
- අයොධ්යා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩻𑩕𑩮 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚣𑚴𑚜𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
- அயோத்⁴யா (Tamil script)
- అయోధ్యా (Telugu script)
- อโยธฺยา (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཡོ་དྷྱཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒨𑒼𑒡𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨪𑨆𑨜𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of अयोध्य (ayodhya) + -आ (-ā, feminine suffix), literally “unsubduable citadel”.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.joːd̪ʱ.jɑː/
Proper noun
अयोध्या • (ayodhyā) stem, f
- a city, the administrative headquarters of Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh, India, on the bank of the Sarayu river.
- (Hinduism, historical) a legendary city, the ancient capital of Kosala kingdom, and birthplace of Rāma.
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अयोध्या (ayodhyā) | अयोध्ये (ayodhye) | अयोध्याः (ayodhyāḥ) |
| accusative | अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām) | अयोध्ये (ayodhye) | अयोध्याः (ayodhyāḥ) |
| instrumental | अयोध्यया (ayodhyayā) | अयोध्याभ्याम् (ayodhyābhyām) | अयोध्याभिः (ayodhyābhiḥ) |
| dative | अयोध्यायै (ayodhyāyai) | अयोध्याभ्याम् (ayodhyābhyām) | अयोध्याभ्यः (ayodhyābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अयोध्यायाः (ayodhyāyāḥ) | अयोध्याभ्याम् (ayodhyābhyām) | अयोध्याभ्यः (ayodhyābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अयोध्यायाः (ayodhyāyāḥ) | अयोध्ययोः (ayodhyayoḥ) | अयोध्यानाम् (ayodhyānām) |
| locative | अयोध्यायाम् (ayodhyāyām) | अयोध्ययोः (ayodhyayoḥ) | अयोध्यासु (ayodhyāsu) |
| vocative | अयोध्ये (ayodhye) | अयोध्ये (ayodhye) | अयोध्याः (ayodhyāḥ) |
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀅𑀑𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸 (aŏjjhā), 𑀅𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸 (aüjjhā), 𑀅𑀬𑁄𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸 (ayŏjjhā)
- Borrowed terms
- → Bengali: অযোধ্যা (ojōddha) (learned)
- → Gujarati: અયોધ્યા (ayodhyā) (learned)
- → Hindi: अयोध्या (ayodhyā) (learned)
- → Kannada: ಅಯೋಧ್ಯೆ (ayōdhye)
- → Khmer: អយុធ្យា (ʼɑɑyutyiə) (learned)
- → Malayalam: അയോദ്ധ്യ (ayōddhya), അയോധ്യ (ayōdhya)
- → Marathi: अयोध्या (ayodhyā) (learned)
- → Tamil: அயோத்தி (ayōtti)
- → Telugu: అయోధ్య (ayōdhya) (learned)
- → Thai: อยุธยา (à-yút-tá-yaa) (learned)
Adjective
अयोध्या • (ayodhyā́)
- nominative feminine singular of अयोध्य (ayodhyá)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अयोध्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 86, column 1.