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): /ˈɐ.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)
vocative	अय (áya)	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)

• 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.