যা

See also: য় and

Assamese

Assamese verb set
যা (za)
যোৱা (züa)
যোওৱা (züüa)

Etymology

    From Sanskrit যাতি (yāti, go; come), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂ti. Cognate with Sylheti ꠎꠣꠃꠣ (zaua), Bengali যাওয়া (jaoa), Nepali जानु (jānu), Hindustani जाना (jānā) / جانا (jānā).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /za/

    Verb

    যা • (za)

    1. to go, depart
      মই যাব লাগিবmoi zabo lagibo.I will have to go.
      মই ৰে’লেৰে গুৱাহাটীলৈ যাব݁ বিচাৰোঁ।
      moi rëlere guahatiloi zabo bisarü̃.
      I want to go to Guwahati by train.
      (Kamrupi)
      মই যোদি একদিন তুহাত্তাকে ধুপুচকেন যাই অলং কিহেদি চাহ দিবি?
      moi züdi ekodin tuhattake dhupusken zai oloṅ kihedi sah dibi?
      If I were to drop by your place one day, what would you serve with the tea?
    2. to go to, extend
      নদীখন বাংলাদেশলৈ যায়
      nodikhon baṅladexoloi zay.
      This river extends to Bangladesh.
    3. an auxiliary verb
      1. marks the passive voice
        কামটো কৰা গ’ল
        kamtü kora göl.
        The work was done.
    4. an element in compound verbs
      1. (with intransitive verbs) indicates motion away from
        ওলাই যোৱাülai züato exit, leave
        পলাই যোৱাpolai züato run away
      2. (with dative subject verbs) indicates a definitive change
        পঁইতাচোৰাটো দেখি তাই ভয় লাগি গ’ল
        põitasüratü dekhi tair bhoy lagi göl.
        Having seen the cockroach, She (nevertheless) became afraid.
      3. (with transitive verbs) indicates completion or haste
        আহি যোৱাahi züato arrive

    Conjugation

    Bengali

    Etymology

    Inherited from Sanskrit या (), the nominative feminine singular of यद् (yad).

    Pronunciation

    • (Rarh) IPA(key): /d͡ʒa/, [ˈd͡ʒaˑ]
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    • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /dʑa/, [ˈdʑaː], [ˈdʑaˑ]
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    Pronoun

    যা • (ja) (genitive যার (jar))

    1. which, that
      পরিবার যা ঢাকায় থাকেporibar ja ḍhakaẏ thakethe family that lives in Dhaka

    Derived terms

    • যা কিছু (ja kichu)
    • যা হোক (ja hōk)

    Pali

    Alternative forms

    Pronoun

    যা f

    1. Bengali script form of (“who”)

    Declension