साय

See also: सय and साया

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit साय (sāya).

Noun

साय • (sāya) m (Urdu spelling سایہ)

1. end
2. termination
3. evening
4. arrow

Declension

Declension of साय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	साय sāya	साय sāya
oblique	साय sāya	सायों sāyõ
vocative	साय sāya	सायो sāyo

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• sāya (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• সায (Bengali script)
• සාය (Sinhalese script)
• သာယ or သႃယ (Burmese script)
• สาย or สายะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩣᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ສາຍ or ສາຍະ or ສາຢະ (Lao script)
• សាយ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄂𑄠 (Chakma script)

Noun

साय

1. Devanagari script form of sāya

See also

You are probably looking for सायं (adverb) (sāyaṃ, “in the evening”).

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সায় (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬵᬬ (Balinese script)
• সায় (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰯𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• သာယ (Burmese script)
• સાય (Gujarati script)
• ਸਾਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌾𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦴꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂰𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಾಯ (Kannada script)
• សាយ (Khmer script)
• ສາຍ (Lao script)
• സായ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘰𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧑𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐵𑐫 (Newa script)
• ସାଯ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢵꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆳𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖯𑖧 (Siddham script)
• සාය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩛𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚭𑚣 (Takri script)
• ஸாய (Tamil script)
• సాయ (Telugu script)
• สาย (Thai script)
• སཱ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒰𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨊𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɑː.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɑː.jɐ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“long, lasting”); related to सायम् (sāyam, “in the evening”), Latin sērus (“late, slow”), Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (seiþus, “late”).

Noun

साय • (sāya) stem, n

1. end
2. termination
3. the close of day, evening

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of साय (sāya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सायम् sāyam	साये sāye	सायानि / साया¹ sāyāni / sāyā¹
Vocative	साय sāya	साये sāye	सायानि / साया¹ sāyāni / sāyā¹
Accusative	सायम् sāyam	साये sāye	सायानि / साया¹ sāyāni / sāyā¹
Instrumental	सायेन sāyena	सायाभ्याम् sāyābhyām	सायैः / सायेभिः¹ sāyaiḥ / sāyebhiḥ¹
Dative	सायाय sāyāya	सायाभ्याम् sāyābhyām	सायेभ्यः sāyebhyaḥ
Ablative	सायात् sāyāt	सायाभ्याम् sāyābhyām	सायेभ्यः sāyebhyaḥ
Genitive	सायस्य sāyasya	साययोः sāyayoḥ	सायानाम् sāyānām
Locative	साये sāye	साययोः sāyayoḥ	सायेषु sāyeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Etymology 2

Related to सायक (sāyaka); see there for more.

Noun

साय • (sāya) stem, m

1. a missile, arrow

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of साय (sāya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सायः sāyaḥ	सायौ / साया¹ sāyau / sāyā¹	सायाः / सायासः¹ sāyāḥ / sāyāsaḥ¹
Vocative	साय sāya	सायौ / साया¹ sāyau / sāyā¹	सायाः / सायासः¹ sāyāḥ / sāyāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सायम् sāyam	सायौ / साया¹ sāyau / sāyā¹	सायान् sāyān
Instrumental	सायेन sāyena	सायाभ्याम् sāyābhyām	सायैः / सायेभिः¹ sāyaiḥ / sāyebhiḥ¹
Dative	सायाय sāyāya	सायाभ्याम् sāyābhyām	सायेभ्यः sāyebhyaḥ
Ablative	सायात् sāyāt	सायाभ्याम् sāyābhyām	सायेभ्यः sāyebhyaḥ
Genitive	सायस्य sāyasya	साययोः sāyayoḥ	सायानाम् sāyānām
Locative	साये sāye	साययोः sāyayoḥ	सायेषु sāyeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

साय • (sāya) stem, n

1. unloosing, unyoking, turning in

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “साय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1207/2-3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 725