सव्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • সৱ্য (Assamese script)
  • ᬲᬯ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
  • সব্য (Bengali script)
  • 𑰭𑰪𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
  • သဝျ (Burmese script)
  • સવ્ય (Gujarati script)
  • ਸਵ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌸𑌵𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
  • ꦱꦮꦾ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂮𑂫𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
  • ಸವ್ಯ (Kannada script)
  • សវ្យ (Khmer script)
  • ສວ຺ຍ (Lao script)
  • സവ്യ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠰᠠᠸᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘭𑘪𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
  • ᠰᠠᠧᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧍𑧊𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐳𑐰𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
  • ସଵ୍ଯ (Odia script)
  • ꢱꢮ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆱𑆮𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖭𑖪𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
  • සව්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑪁𑩾 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚨𑚦𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
  • ஸவ்ய (Tamil script)
  • సవ్య (Telugu script)
  • สวฺย (Thai script)
  • ས་ཝྱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒮𑒫𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨰𑨭𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sawyás, from Proto-Indo-European *sewyós (“left, left-hand”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬀 (hauuiia, “left”), Proto-Slavic *šujь.

Pronunciation

Adjective

सव्य • (savyá) stem

  1. left, left-hand
    Antonym: दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa)
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.24.5:
      न ते॑ स॒व्यं न दक्षि॑णं॒ हस्तं॑ वरन्त आ॒मुरः॑ ।
      ná te savyáṃ ná dákṣiṇaṃ hástaṃ varanta āmúraḥ.
      [O Indra,], the destroyers block off neither thy left hand nor thy right

Noun

सव्य • (savyá) stem, m

  1. the left arm or hand

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सव्य
singular dual plural
nominative सव्यः (savyáḥ) सव्यौ (savyaú)
सव्या¹ (savyā́¹) 		सव्याः (savyā́ḥ)
सव्यासः¹ (savyā́saḥ¹)
accusative सव्यम् (savyám) सव्यौ (savyaú)
सव्या¹ (savyā́¹) 		सव्यान् (savyā́n)
instrumental सव्येन (savyéna) सव्याभ्याम् (savyā́bhyām) सव्यैः (savyaíḥ)
सव्येभिः¹ (savyébhiḥ¹)
dative सव्याय (savyā́ya) सव्याभ्याम् (savyā́bhyām) सव्येभ्यः (savyébhyaḥ)
ablative सव्यात् (savyā́t) सव्याभ्याम् (savyā́bhyām) सव्येभ्यः (savyébhyaḥ)
genitive सव्यस्य (savyásya) सव्ययोः (savyáyoḥ) सव्यानाम् (savyā́nām)
locative सव्ये (savyé) सव्ययोः (savyáyoḥ) सव्येषु (savyéṣu)
vocative सव्य (sávya) सव्यौ (sávyau)
सव्या¹ (sávyā¹) 		सव्याः (sávyāḥ)
सव्यासः¹ (sávyāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

  • सव्यसाचिन् (savyasācin, a name of Arjuna)

Descendants

  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀯 (savva, “left, left-hand”)

References

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