शय्या

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शय्या (śayyā). Doublet of सेज (sej).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃəj.jɑː/, [ʃɐj.jäː]

Noun

शय्या • (śayyā) m

Declension

Declension of *शय्या* (fem ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	शय्या śayyā	शय्याएँ śayyāẽ
oblique	शय्या śayyā	शय्याओं śayyāõ
vocative	शय्या śayyā	शय्याओ śayyāo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शय्या”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

শয়্যা (Assamese script)
ᬰᬬ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
শয়্যা (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰧𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀬𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ၐယျာ (Burmese script)
શય્યા (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਯ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑌯𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦪꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂨𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಶಯ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
ឝយ្យា (Khmer script)
ຨຍ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
ശയ്യാ (Malayalam script)
ᡧᠠᠶᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘧𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠱᠠᠶ᠋ᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧇𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐫𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
ଶଯ୍ଯା (Odia script)
ꢯꢫ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆪𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖧𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
ශය‍්‍යා (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩻 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚣𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
ஶய்யா (Tamil script)
శయ్యా (Telugu script)
ศยฺยา (Thai script)
ཤ་ཡྱཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒨𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨪𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-

Sanskrit शी (śī)

Sanskrit -या (-yā)

Sanskrit शय्या (śayyā)

From the root शी (śī) +‎ -या (-yā).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐj.jɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕeː.jɑː/
Hyphenation: शय्‧या

Noun

शय्या • (śayyā) stem, f (root शी)

bed, couch, sofa
the act of sleeping or lying down
rhetorical composition, or a particular rhetorical figure involving stringing words together

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शय्या
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शय्या (śayyā)	शय्ये (śayye)	शय्याः (śayyāḥ)
accusative	शय्याम् (śayyām)	शय्ये (śayye)	शय्याः (śayyāḥ)
instrumental	शय्यया (śayyayā) शय्या¹ (śayyā¹)	शय्याभ्याम् (śayyābhyām)	शय्याभिः (śayyābhiḥ)
dative	शय्यायै (śayyāyai)	शय्याभ्याम् (śayyābhyām)	शय्याभ्यः (śayyābhyaḥ)
ablative	शय्यायाः (śayyāyāḥ) शय्यायै² (śayyāyai²)	शय्याभ्याम् (śayyābhyām)	शय्याभ्यः (śayyābhyaḥ)
genitive	शय्यायाः (śayyāyāḥ) शय्यायै² (śayyāyai²)	शय्ययोः (śayyayoḥ)	शय्यानाम् (śayyānām)
locative	शय्यायाम् (śayyāyām)	शय्ययोः (śayyayoḥ)	शय्यासु (śayyāsu)
vocative	शय्ये (śayye)	शय्ये (śayye)	शय्याः (śayyāḥ)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Pali: seyyā
Prakrit: 𑀲𑁂𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (sĕjjā), 𑀲𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (sijjā)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Awadhi: सेज (sej)
    - Gujarati: સેજ (sej)
    - Hindustani: sej
      - Hindi: सेज
      - Urdu: سیج
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: সেজা (xeza)
    - Bengali: সেজ (Sej), সেঁজ (śẽj)
    - Bihari: सजेआ (sajeā), सजिया (sajiyā)
      - Bhojpuri: सेज (sēj)
      - Maithili: सेज (sēj)
    - Odia: ସେଜ (seja), ସେସ (sesa)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Central Pahari:
      - Kumaoni: सेज (sej)
    - Eastern Pahari:
      - Nepali: सेज (sej)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: އެނދު (eⁿdu)
    - Sinhalese: සී (sī), ඇඳ (æⁿda)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: शेज (śej̈)
- Western:
  - Takka Apabhramsa:
    - Punjabi: sej, chej
      Gurmukhi script: ਸੇਜ, ਚੇਜ
      
      Shahmukhi script: سیج, چیج
  - Vracada Apabhramsa:
    - Sindhi: seja
      Arabic script: سيجِ
      
      Devanagari script: सेज
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: शय्या (śayyā)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “शय्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1056.