य

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

य	U+092F, य DEVANAGARI LETTER YA

← म
[U+092E]

Devanagari

र →
[U+0930]

Translingual

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jə/ (may vary by language)

Letter

य (ya)

The first semivowel of the Devanagari script. Linguistically it is considered the palatal approximant.

See also

Ligatures:

द्य (dya): द + य
ह्य (hya): ह + य

Hindi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [jə]

Letter

य • (ya)

The twenty-sixth consonant in Hindi.

See also

(Devanagari script letters) अ,‎ आ,‎ इ,‎ ई,‎ उ,‎ ऊ,‎ ऋ,‎ ए,‎ ऐ,‎ ओ,‎ औ,‎ अं,‎ अः,‎ अँ,‎ क,‎ ख,‎ ग,‎ घ,‎ ङ,‎ च,‎ छ,‎ ज,‎ झ,‎ ञ,‎ ट,‎ ठ,‎ ड,‎ ढ,‎ ण,‎ त,‎ थ,‎ द,‎ ध,‎ न,‎ प,‎ फ,‎ ब,‎ भ,‎ म,‎ य,‎ र,‎ ल,‎ व,‎ श,‎ ष,‎ स,‎ ह,‎ त्र,‎ ज्ञ,‎ क्ष,‎ क़,‎ ख़,‎ ग़,‎ ज़,‎ झ़,‎ ड़,‎ ढ़,‎ ष़ ^{(Category: Hindi letters)} ^[edit]

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /jɐ/

Letter

य • (ya)

The twenty-fourth consonant in Sanskrit.

Noun

य • (ya) m

(prosody) bacchius

References

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0838

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