अय

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অয় (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬬ (Balinese script)
• অয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• အယ (Burmese script)
• અય (Gujarati script)
• ਅਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಯ (Kannada script)
• អយ (Khmer script)
• ອຍ (Lao script)
• അയ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଅଯ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖧 (Siddham script)
• අය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚣 (Takri script)
• அய (Tamil script)
• అయ (Telugu script)
• อย (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root इ (i, “to go”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.jɐ/

Noun

अय • (áya) stem, m

1. (only at end of compounds) going
2. (with गवाम् (gavām)) "the going or the turn of the cows"; name of a periodical sacrifice
3. a move towards the right at chess
4. (Vedic) a die
5. the number four
6. good luck, favorable fortune

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अय

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अयः (áyaḥ)	अयौ (áyau) अया¹ (áyā¹)	अयाः (áyāḥ) अयासः¹ (áyāsaḥ¹)
accusative	अयम् (áyam)	अयौ (áyau) अया¹ (áyā¹)	अयान् (áyān)
instrumental	अयेन (áyena)	अयाभ्याम् (áyābhyām)	अयैः (áyaiḥ) अयेभिः¹ (áyebhiḥ¹)
dative	अयाय (áyāya)	अयाभ्याम् (áyābhyām)	अयेभ्यः (áyebhyaḥ)
ablative	अयात् (áyāt)	अयाभ्याम् (áyābhyām)	अयेभ्यः (áyebhyaḥ)
genitive	अयस्य (áyasya)	अययोः (áyayoḥ)	अयानाम् (áyānām)
locative	अये (áye)	अययोः (áyayoḥ)	अयेषु (áyeṣu)
vocative	अय (áya)	अयौ (áyau) अया¹ (áyā¹)	अयाः (áyāḥ) अयासः¹ (áyāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• निरय (niráya)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0084/2.