श्यै
Sanskrit
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- শ্যৈ (Assamese script)
- ᬰ᭄ᬬᬿ (Balinese script)
- শ্যৈ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰿𑰧𑰹 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑁆𑀬𑁃 (Brahmi script)
- ၐျဲ (Burmese script)
- શ્યૈ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼੍ਯੈ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍍𑌯𑍈 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦾꦻ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂹𑂨𑂶 (Kaithi script)
- ಶ್ಯೈ (Kannada script)
- ឝ្យៃ (Khmer script)
- ຨ຺ໄຍ (Lao script)
- ശ്യൈ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠶᠠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘿𑘧𑘺 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠶ᠋ᠧᠧ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧠𑧇𑧛 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑂𑐫𑐿 (Newa script)
- ଶ୍ଯୈ (Odia script)
- ꢯ꣄ꢫꣀ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑇀𑆪𑆽 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖿𑖧𑖹 (Siddham script)
- ශ්යෛ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿 𑪙𑩻𑩗 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚶𑚣𑚳 (Takri script)
- ஶ்யை (Tamil script)
- శ్యై (Telugu script)
- ศฺไย (Thai script)
- ཤྱཻ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓂𑒨𑒻 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑩇𑨪𑨇 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editRelated to Ossetian суюн (sujun, “freeze”). Outside of Indo-Iranian, perhaps related to Lithuanian šešélis (“shade, shadow”) or Ancient Greek κιέλλη (kiéllē). Historically, श्याम (śyāma, “dark”) and शिशिर (śiśira, “cool”) were connected to this root but this may be folk etymology.
Pronunciation
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editश्यै • (śyai)
Derived terms
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Descendants
editReferences
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “श्यै”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1095/2.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 177
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 660-1
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 383-4