ये

See also: य, यूँ, यों, यी, यो, या, and ਧ

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /jeː/

Pronoun

ये • (ye) (Urdu spelling یہ) (demonstrative)

1. these (direct case)

   ये मकान बड़े हैं ― ye makān baṛe ha͠i ― These houses are large

2. he, she (direct case, honorific)

   ये छोटे हैं ― ye choṭe ha͠i ― He is small

   ये छोटी हैं ― ye choṭī ha͠i ― She is small

3. they (near reference, direct case)

   ये कौन हैं? ― ye kaun ha͠i? ― Who are they?

4. this; he, she, it (near reference, direct case, colloquial for यह)

Inflection

Pronoun declension of ये

direct	ये
indirect	इन
ergative	इन्हों ने
genitive	इन का
dative	इन्हें, इनको ko
instrumental/ablative	इनसे se
inessive	इनमें mẽ
adessive	इनपे, इनपर pe, par
terminative	इनतक tak
semblative	इनसा sā

Related terms

• यह (yah) (singular, non-honorific)
• वे (ve) (far reference)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ये”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ये”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ye (Latin script)
• 𑀬𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• যে (Bengali script)
• යෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ယေ (Burmese script)
• เย (Thai script)
• ᨿᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຍ or ເຢ (Lao script)
• យេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄬 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

ये

1. Devanagari script form of ye, which is masculine nominative/accusative plural of य (ya, “who (relative)”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• যে (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬾ (Balinese script)
• যে (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• ယေ (Burmese script)
• યે (Gujarati script)
• ਯੇ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑍇 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦺ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂵 (Kaithi script)
• ಯೇ (Kannada script)
• យេ (Khmer script)
• ເຍ (Lao script)
• യേ (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᡝ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘹 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐾 (Newa script)
• ଯେ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢾ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆼 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖸 (Siddham script)
• යෙ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩔 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚲 (Takri script)
• யே (Tamil script)
• యే (Telugu script)
• เย (Thai script)
• ཡེ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronoun

ये • (ye)

1. inflection of यद् (yad, “who”):
   1. nominative plural masculine
   2. nominative/accusative dual feminine/neuter