वयम्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱয়ম্ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬬᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- বয়ম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰧𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀬𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဝယမ် (Burmese script)
- વયમ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਯਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌯𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦪꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂨𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ವಯಮ್ (Kannada script)
- វយម៑ (Khmer script)
- ວຍມ຺ (Lao script)
- വയമ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᠶᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘧𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧇𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐫𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଵଯମ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢫꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆪𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖧𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- වයම් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩻𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚣𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
- வயம் (Tamil script)
- వయమ్ (Telugu script)
- วยมฺ (Thai script)
- ཝ་ཡ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒨𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨪𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wayám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wayám, from Proto-Indo-European *weyóm. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨 (vaēm), Old English wē (whence English we).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐ.jɐ́m/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɐ.jɐm/
Pronoun
वयम् • (vayám)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अहम् (ahám) | आवाम् (āvā́m), आवम्¹ (āvám¹) | वयम् (vayám) |
| accusative | माम् (mā́m) | आवाम् (āvā́m) | अस्मान् (asmā́n) |
| instrumental | मया (máyā) | आवाभ्याम् (āvā́bhyām) | अस्माभिः (asmā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | मह्यम् (máhyam), मे¹ (mé¹) | आवाभ्याम् (āvā́bhyām) | अस्मभ्यम् (asmábhyam), अस्मे¹ (asmé¹) |
| ablative | मत् (mát), मत्तः (mattáḥ) | आवाभ्याम् (āvā́bhyām), आवत्¹ (āvát¹) | अस्मत् (asmát), अस्मत्तः (asmattaḥ) |
| genitive | मम (máma) | आवयोः (āváyoḥ) | अस्माकम् (asmā́kam) |
| locative | मयि (máyi), मे¹ (mé¹) | आवयोः (āváyoḥ) | अस्मासु (asmā́su), अस्मे¹ (asmé¹) |
| enclitic accusative | मा (mā) | नौ (nau) | नः (naḥ) |
| enclitic dative/genitive | मे (me) | नौ (nau) | नः (naḥ) |
¹Vedic
Descendants
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vayám”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 659