अयोध्या

See also: अयोध्य

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhyā).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.joːd̪ʱ.jɑː/, [ɐ.joːd̪ʱ.jäː]

Adjective

अयोध्या • (ayodhyā) (literary)

unconquerable, undefeatable

Proper noun

अयोध्या • (ayodhyā) f (Urdu spelling ایودھیا)

Ayodhya (a city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India, and birthplace of Rāma).

Declension

Declension of *अयोध्या* (sg-only fem ā-stem)
	singular
direct	अयोध्या ayodhyā
oblique	अयोध्या ayodhyā
vocative	अयोध्या ayodhyā

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhyā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ə.jod̪ʱ.ja/

Proper noun

अयोध्या • (ayodhyā) f

Ayodhya (a city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India, on the bank of the river Sarayu.)
(Hinduism, historical) the ancient capital of Kosala kingdom, and birthplace of Rāma.

Declension

Declension of अयोध्या (fem ā-stem)
direct singular	अयोध्या ayodhyā
direct plural	अयोध्या ayodhyā
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	अयोध्या ayodhyā	अयोध्या ayodhyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	अयोध्ये ayodhye	अयोध्यां- ayodhyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	अयोध्येला ayodhyelā	अयोध्यांना ayodhyānnā
ergative	अयोध्येने, अयोध्येनं ayodhyene, ayodhyena	अयोध्यांनी ayodhyānnī
instrumental	अयोध्येशी ayodhyeśī	अयोध्यांशी ayodhyānśī
locative सप्तमी	अयोध्येत ayodhyet	अयोध्यांत ayodhyāt
vocative संबोधन	अयोध्ये ayodhye	अयोध्यांनो ayodhyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of अयोध्या (fem ā-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	अयोध्येचा ayodhyeċā	अयोध्येचे ayodhyeċe	अयोध्येची ayodhyecī	अयोध्येच्या ayodhyecā	अयोध्येचे, अयोध्येचं ayodhyeċe, ayodhyeċa	अयोध्येची ayodhyecī	अयोध्येच्या ayodhyecā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	अयोध्यांचा ayodhyānċā	अयोध्यांचे ayodhyānċe	अयोध्यांची ayodhyāñcī	अयोध्यांच्या ayodhyāncā	अयोध्यांचे, अयोध्यांचं ayodhyānċe, ayodhyānċa	अयोध्यांची ayodhyāñcī	अयोध्यांच्या ayodhyāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “अयोध्या”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

অয়োধ্যা (Assamese script)
ᬅᬬᭀᬥ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
অয়োধ্যা (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰧𑰺𑰠𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀬𑁄𑀥𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
အယောဓျာ (Burmese script)
અયોધ્યા (Gujarati script)
ਅਯੋਧ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌯𑍋𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦪꦺꦴꦣꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂨𑂷𑂡𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಅಯೋಧ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
អយោធ្យា (Khmer script)
ອໂຍຘ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
അയോധ്യാ (Malayalam script)
ᠠᠶᠣᢡᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘧𑘻𑘠𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠠᠶ᠋ᠣᠸᠠᢑᠾᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧇𑧜𑧀𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐫𑑀𑐢𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
ଅଯୋଧ୍ଯା (Odia script)
ꢂꢫꣂꢤ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆪𑆾𑆣𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖧𑖺𑖠𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
අයොධ්‍යා (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩻𑩕𑩮 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚣𑚴𑚜𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
அயோத்⁴யா (Tamil script)
అయోధ్యా (Telugu script)
อโยธฺยา (Thai script)
ཨ་ཡོ་དྷྱཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒨𑒼𑒡𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨪𑨆𑨜𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Feminine of अयोध्य (ayodhya, “impregnable”), literally meaning "the impregnable [city]".

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.joːd̪ʱ.jɑː/

Proper noun

अयोध्या • (ayodhyā) stem, f

a city, the administrative headquarters of Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh, India, on the bank of the Sarayu river.
(Hinduism, historical) the ancient capital of Kosala kingdom, and birthplace of Rāma.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of अयोध्या
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अयोध्या (ayodhyā)	अयोध्ये (ayodhye)	अयोध्याः (ayodhyāḥ)
accusative	अयोध्याम् (ayodhyām)	अयोध्ये (ayodhye)	अयोध्याः (ayodhyāḥ)
instrumental	अयोध्यया (ayodhyayā)	अयोध्याभ्याम् (ayodhyābhyām)	अयोध्याभिः (ayodhyābhiḥ)
dative	अयोध्यायै (ayodhyāyai)	अयोध्याभ्याम् (ayodhyābhyām)	अयोध्याभ्यः (ayodhyābhyaḥ)
ablative	अयोध्यायाः (ayodhyāyāḥ)	अयोध्याभ्याम् (ayodhyābhyām)	अयोध्याभ्यः (ayodhyābhyaḥ)
genitive	अयोध्यायाः (ayodhyāyāḥ)	अयोध्ययोः (ayodhyayoḥ)	अयोध्यानाम् (ayodhyānām)
locative	अयोध्यायाम् (ayodhyāyām)	अयोध्ययोः (ayodhyayoḥ)	अयोध्यासु (ayodhyāsu)
vocative	अयोध्ये (ayodhye)	अयोध्ये (ayodhye)	अयोध्याः (ayodhyāḥ)

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀅𑀑𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸 (aŏjjhā), 𑀅𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸 (aüjjhā), 𑀅𑀬𑁄𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸 (ayŏjjhā)

Borrowed terms

→ Bengali: অযোধ্যা (ojōddha) (learned)
→ Gujarati: અયોધ્યા (ayodhyā) (learned)
→ Hindi: अयोध्या (ayodhyā) (learned)
→ Kannada: ಅಯೋಧ್ಯೆ (ayōdhye)
→ Khmer: អយុធ្យា (ʼɑɑyutyiə) (learned)
→ Malayalam: അയോദ്ധ്യ (ayōddhya), അയോധ്യ (ayōdhya)
→ Marathi: अयोध्या (ayodhyā) (learned)
→ Tamil: அயோத்தி (ayōtti)
→ Telugu: అయోధ్య (ayōdhya) (learned)
→ Thai: อยุธยา (à-yút-tá-yaa) (learned)
- → Burmese: အယုဓျာ (a.yu.dhya)
- → Burmese: ယိုးဒယား (yui:da.ya:)
  - → Thai: โยดะยา (yoo-dà-yaa)

Adjective

अ॒यो॒ध्या • (ayodhyā́)

nominative feminine singular of अयोध्य (ayodhyá)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “अयोध्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 86, column 1.