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

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)sewyós
Proto-Indo-Iranian *sawyás
Sanskrit सव्य

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sawyás, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)sewyós (“left”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬀 (hauuiia, “left”), Proto-Slavic *šujь.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    स॒व्य • (savyá) stem

    1. left, left-hand
      Antonym: दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa)
      • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 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

    स॒व्य • (savyá) stem, m

    1. the left arm or hand

    Declension

    Masculine a-stem declension of स॒व्य
    singular dual plural
    nominative स॒व्यः (savyáḥ) स॒व्यौ (savyáu)
    स॒व्या¹ (savyā́¹)     		स॒व्याः (savyā́ḥ)
    स॒व्यासः॑¹ (savyā́saḥ¹)
    accusative स॒व्यम् (savyám) स॒व्यौ (savyáu)
    स॒व्या¹ (savyā́¹)     		स॒व्यान् (savyā́n)
    instrumental स॒व्येन॑ (savyéna) स॒व्याभ्या॑म् (savyā́bhyām) स॒व्यैः (savyáiḥ)
    स॒व्येभिः॑¹ (savyébhiḥ¹)
    dative स॒व्याय॑ (savyā́ya) स॒व्याभ्या॑म् (savyā́bhyām) स॒व्येभ्यः॑ (savyébhyaḥ)
    ablative स॒व्यात् (savyā́t) स॒व्याभ्या॑म् (savyā́bhyām) स॒व्येभ्यः॑ (savyébhyaḥ)
    genitive स॒व्यस्य॑ (savyásya) स॒व्ययोः॑ (savyáyoḥ) स॒व्याना॑म् (savyā́nām)
    locative स॒व्ये (savyé) स॒व्ययोः॑ (savyáyoḥ) स॒व्येषु॑ (savyéṣu)
    vocative सव्य॑ (sávya) सव्यौ॑ (sávyau)
    सव्या॑¹ (sávyā¹)     		सव्याः॑ (sávyāḥ)
    सव्या॑सः¹ (sávyāsaḥ¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Derived terms

    • सव्यसाचिन् (savyasācin, a name of Arjuna)

    Descendants

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

    References

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