यव्या

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যৱ্যা (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬯ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
• যব্যা (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰪𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ယဝျာ (Burmese script)
• યવ્યા (Gujarati script)
• ਯਵ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦮꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂫𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಯವ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
• យវ្យា (Khmer script)
• ຍວ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
• യവ്യാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᠸᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘪𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᠧᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧊𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐰𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଯଵ୍ଯା (Odia script)
• ꢫꢮ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆮𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖪𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
• යව්‍යා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩾 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚦𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
• யவ்யா (Tamil script)
• యవ్యా (Telugu script)
• ยวฺยา (Thai script)
• ཡ་ཝྱཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒫𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨭𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaw(i)yā́ (“stream, canal”). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎻𐎹𐎠 (y-u-vi-y-a /⁠yauviyā⁠/) (whence Persian جوی (juy), جو (ju)), Northern Kurdish co.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ.wĭ.jɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjɐʋ.jɑː/

Noun

यव्या • (yavyā́) stem, f

1. river, stream

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of यव्या (yavyā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यव्या yavyā́	यव्ये yavyé	यव्याः yavyā́ḥ
Vocative	यव्ये yávye	यव्ये yávye	यव्याः yávyāḥ
Accusative	यव्याम् yavyā́m	यव्ये yavyé	यव्याः yavyā́ḥ
Instrumental	यव्यया / यव्या¹ yavyáyā / yavyā́¹	यव्याभ्याम् yavyā́bhyām	यव्याभिः yavyā́bhiḥ
Dative	यव्यायै yavyā́yai	यव्याभ्याम् yavyā́bhyām	यव्याभ्यः yavyā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	यव्यायाः / यव्यायै² yavyā́yāḥ / yavyā́yai²	यव्याभ्याम् yavyā́bhyām	यव्याभ्यः yavyā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	यव्यायाः / यव्यायै² yavyā́yāḥ / yavyā́yai²	यव्ययोः yavyáyoḥ	यव्यानाम् yavyā́nām
Locative	यव्यायाम् yavyā́yām	यव्ययोः yavyáyoḥ	यव्यासु yavyā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “यव्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 305.