सव्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

সৱ্য (Assamese script)
ᬲᬯ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
সব্য (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰪𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
သဝျ (Burmese script)
સવ્ય (Gujarati script)
ਸਵ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑌵𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
ꦱꦮꦾ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂫𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
ಸವ್ಯ (Kannada script)
សវ្យ (Khmer script)
ສວ຺ຍ (Lao script)
സവ്യ (Malayalam script)
ᠰᠠᠸᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘪𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
ᠰᠠᠧᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧊𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑐰𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
ସଵ୍ଯ (Odia script)
ꢱꢮ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑆮𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖪𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
සව්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
𑪁𑩾 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚦𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
ஸவ்ய (Tamil script)
సవ్య (Telugu script)
สวฺย (Thai script)
ས་ཝྱ (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑒫𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑨭𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sawyás, from Proto-Indo-European *sewyós (“left, left-hand”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬀 (hauuiia, “left”), Proto-Slavic *šujь.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐʋ.jɐ́/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐʋ.jɐ/

Adjective

सव्य • (savyá) stem

left, left-hand
Antonym: दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.24.5:
  न ते॑ स॒व्यं न दक्षि॑णं॒ हस्तं॑ वरन्त आ॒मुरः॑ ।
  ná te savyáṃ ná dákṣiṇaṃ hástaṃ varanta āmúraḥ.
  [O Indra,], the destroyers block off neither thy left hand nor thy right

Noun

सव्य • (savyá) stem, m

the left arm or hand
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सव्य (savyá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सव्यः savyáḥ	सव्यौ / सव्या¹ savyaú / savyā́¹	सव्याः / सव्यासः¹ savyā́ḥ / savyā́saḥ¹
Vocative	सव्य sávya	सव्यौ / सव्या¹ sávyau / sávyā¹	सव्याः / सव्यासः¹ sávyāḥ / sávyāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सव्यम् savyám	सव्यौ / सव्या¹ savyaú / savyā́¹	सव्यान् savyā́n
Instrumental	सव्येन savyéna	सव्याभ्याम् savyā́bhyām	सव्यैः / सव्येभिः¹ savyaíḥ / savyébhiḥ¹
Dative	सव्याय savyā́ya	सव्याभ्याम् savyā́bhyām	सव्येभ्यः savyébhyaḥ
Ablative	सव्यात् savyā́t	सव्याभ्याम् savyā́bhyām	सव्येभ्यः savyébhyaḥ
Genitive	सव्यस्य savyásya	सव्ययोः savyáyoḥ	सव्यानाम् savyā́nām
Locative	सव्ये savyé	सव्ययोः savyáyoḥ	सव्येषु savyéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

सव्यसाचिन् (savyasācin, a name of Arjuna)

Descendants

Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀯𑁆𑀯 (savva, “left, left-hand”)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “सव्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1191.

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