साय

See also: सय and साया

Hindi

Etymology

Noun

साय • (sāya) m (Urdu spelling سایہ)

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

Devanagari script form of sāya

Sanskrit

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

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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

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

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