ය

ය U+0DBA, ය SINHALA LETTER YAYANNA ← ඹ [U+0DB9] Sinhala ර → [U+0DBB]

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ya (Latin script)
• 𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• य (Devanagari script)
• য (Bengali script)
• ယ (Burmese script)
• ย or ยะ (Thai script)
• ᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍ or ຍະ or ຢະ (Lao script)
• យ (Khmer script)
• 𑄠 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

ය m

1. Sinhala script form of ya (“who (relative)”)
   • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)‎, page 82:

     කන‍්නු ඛ‍්වජ‍්ජ සමණං වා බ්‍රාහ‍්මණං වා පයිරුපාසෙය්‍යාම යන‍්නො පයිරුපාසතො චිත‍්තං පසීදෙය්‍යා!"ති

     kannu khvajja samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā payirupāseyyāma yanno payirupāsato cittaṃ pasīdeyyā!"ti

     Indeed now which ascetic or Brahmin should we visit today who, for us visiting him, will soothe the heart?

   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎, Colombo, 2009:

     3. අක‍්කොච‍්ඡි මං අවධි මං අජිනි මං අහාසි මෙ
     යෙ තං උපනය‍්හන‍්ති වෙරං තෙසං න සම‍්මති

     3. akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ ajini maṃ ahāsi me
     ye taṃ upanayhanti veraṃ tesaṃ na sammati

     He abused me, he struck me, he defeated me, he robbed me.
     Hatred does not subside for those who nurse grudges thus.

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Declension

Declension table of "ය" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	යො (yo)	යෙ (ye)
Accusative (second)	යං (yaṃ)	යෙ (ye)
Instrumental (third)	යෙන (yena)	යෙහි (yehi) or යෙභි (yebhi)
Dative (fourth)	යස‍්ස (yassa)	යෙසං (yesaṃ) or යෙසානං (yesānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	යස‍්මා (yasmā) or යම‍්හා (yamhā)	යෙහි (yehi) or යෙභි (yebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	යස‍්ස (yassa)	යෙසං (yesaṃ) or යෙසානං (yesānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	යස‍්මිං (yasmiṃ) or යම‍්හි (yamhi)	යෙසු (yesu)

Pronoun

ය n

1. Sinhala script form of ya (“which (relative)”)

Usage notes

The case form යද් (yad) is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form. Before vowels, the al-lakuna and independent vowel coalesce to the corresponding dependent vowel.

Declension

Declension table of "ය" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	යං (yaṃ) or යද් (yad)	යානි (yāni)
Accusative (second)	යං (yaṃ) or යද් (yad)	යානි (yāni)
Instrumental (third)	යෙන (yena)	යෙහි (yehi) or යෙභි (yebhi)
Dative (fourth)	යස‍්ස (yassa)	යෙසං (yesaṃ) or යෙසානං (yesānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	යස‍්මා (yasmā) or යම‍්හා (yamhā)	යෙහි (yehi) or යෙභි (yebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	යස‍්ස (yassa)	යෙසං (yesaṃ) or යෙසානං (yesānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	යස‍්මිං (yasmiṃ) or යම‍්හි (yamhi)	යෙසු (yesu)

Noun

ය m

1. the Pali letter 'y'

Declension

Declension table of "ය" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular
Nominative (first)	යො (yo)
Accusative (second)	යං (yaṃ)
Instrumental (third)	යෙන (yena)
Dative (fourth)	යස‍්ස (yassa) or යාය (yāya) or යත්‍ථං (yatthaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	යස‍්මා (yasmā) or යම‍්හා (yamhā) or යා (yā)
Genitive (sixth)	යස‍්ස (yassa)
Locative (seventh)	යස‍්මිං (yasmiṃ) or යම‍්හි (yamhi) or යෙ (ye)
Vocative (calling)	ය (ya)

Sinhalese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ja]

Letter

ය • (ya)

1. The twenty-first consonant of the Sinhala alphabet, named yayanna