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yasmā

ya

masc abl sg of ya (letter); masc abl sg of ya (pron); nt abl sg of ya (pron); masc abl sg of ya (cs)

1. ya (pron): whoever; whatever; whichever
2. ya (letter): (gram) letter y; 34th letter of the alphabet; palatal semi-vowel
3. ya (cs): (gram) ya; suffix used to form impersonal and passive verbs
4. ya (cs): (gram) ya; conjugational sign of group 3 divādigaṇa verbs
5. yasmā (ind): because; since; lit. from which
6. yasmā (pron): than which; than whichever

Etymology. Sanskrit yad

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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