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

Sanskrit personal pronouns
first person	singular	dual	plural
lemma	म (ma)	आव (āva)	अस्म (asma)
nominative case	अहम् (aham)	आवाम् (āvām)	वयम् (vayam)
enclitic form(s)	मा (mā), मे (me)	नौ (nau)	नः (naḥ)
second person	singular	dual	plural
lemma	त्व (tva)	युव (yuva)	युष्म (yuṣma)
nominative case	त्वम् (tvam)	युवाम् (yuvām)	यूयम् (yūyam)
enclitic form(s)	त्वा (tvā), ते (te)	वाम् (vām)	वः (vaḥ)

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wéy

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ám

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wayám

Proto-Indo-Aryan *wayám

Sanskrit वयम्

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wayám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wayám, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy + Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ám. Cognate with Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨 (vaēm), Old English wē (whence English we).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.jɐ́m/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.jɐm/

Pronoun

व॒यम् • (vayám)

nominative plural of अस्म (asmá); we

Descendants

Descendants

Dardic:
- >? Kashmiric: (possibly loaned from other Dardic)
  - Kashmiri: بہٕ (bụ, “I”)
- Kohistani:
  - Chilisso: [script needed] (be)
  - Indus Kohistani: [script needed] (bē)
- Shinaic:
  - Dangari:
    - Palula: be
    - Savi: [script needed] (bē)
  - Shina:
    Gilgiti: [script needed] (be)
    
    Guresi: [script needed] (bē)
    
    Palesi: [script needed] (bē)
Prakrit: 𑀯𑀅𑀁 (vaaṃ)

References

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 508
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vayám”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 659