मया

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• mayā (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• মযা (Bengali script)
• මයා (Sinhalese script)
• မယာ or မယႃ (Burmese script)
• มยา or มะยา (Thai script)
• ᨾᨿᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຍາ or ມະຍາ or ມະຢາ (Lao script)
• មយា (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄠𑄂 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

मया

1. Devanagari script form of mayā, which is instrumental/ablative singular of अहं (ahaṃ, “me”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ময়া (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
• ময়া (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• မယာ (Burmese script)
• મયા (Gujarati script)
• ਮਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦪꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಯಾ (Kannada script)
• មយា (Khmer script)
• ມຍາ (Lao script)
• മയാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
• ମଯା (Odia script)
• ꢪꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
• මයා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
• மயா (Tamil script)
• మయా (Telugu script)
• มยา (Thai script)
• མ་ཡཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.jɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ.jɑː/

Etymology 1

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Noun

मया • (mayā) stem, f

1. medical treatment

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *máyaH

Sanskrit मया (mayā)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *máyaH, the instrumental singular of *aȷ́ʰám (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵH-om.

Pronoun

मया • (mayā)

1. instrumental singular of अहम् (aham)