យ

See also: យំ

យ U+1799, យ KHMER LETTER YO ← ម [U+1798] Khmer រ → [U+179A]

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic យ y WT romanisation yɔɔ (standard) IPA(key) /jɔː/

Letter

យ, ្យ • (yɔɔ)

1. twenty-sixth letter of the Cambodian alphabet

Usage notes

• This letter belongs to the Khmer o-series consonants

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ya (Latin script)
• 𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• य (Devanagari script)
• য (Bengali script)
• ය (Sinhalese script)
• ယ (Burmese script)
• ย or ยะ (Thai script)
• ᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍ or ຍະ or ຢະ (Lao script)
• 𑄠 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

យ m

1. Khmer script form of ya (“who (relative)”)

Declension

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	យោ (yo)	យេ (ye)
Accusative (second)	យំ (yaṃ)	យេ (ye)
Instrumental (third)	យេន (yena)	យេហិ (yehi) or យេភិ (yebhi)
Dative (fourth)	យស្ស (yassa)	យេសំ (yesaṃ) or យេសានំ (yesānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	យស្មា (yasmā) or យម្ហា (yamhā)	យេហិ (yehi) or យេភិ (yebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	យស្ស (yassa)	យេសំ (yesaṃ) or យេសានំ (yesānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	យស្មិំ (yasmiṃ) or យម្ហិ (yamhi)	យេសុ (yesu)

Declension table of "យ" (masculine)

Pronoun

យ n

1. Khmer script form of ya (“which (relative)”)

Usage notes

The case form យទ៑ (yad) is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form. Before vowels, the viriam and independent vowel coalesce to the corresponding dependent vowel.

Declension

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	យំ (yaṃ) or យទ៑ (yad)	យានិ (yāni)
Accusative (second)	យំ (yaṃ) or យទ៑ (yad)	យានិ (yāni)
Instrumental (third)	យេន (yena)	យេហិ (yehi) or យេភិ (yebhi)
Dative (fourth)	យស្ស (yassa)	យេសំ (yesaṃ) or យេសានំ (yesānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	យស្មា (yasmā) or យម្ហា (yamhā)	យេហិ (yehi) or យេភិ (yebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	យស្ស (yassa)	យេសំ (yesaṃ) or យេសានំ (yesānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	យស្មិំ (yasmiṃ) or យម្ហិ (yamhi)	យេសុ (yesu)

Declension table of "យ" (neuter)