"يا" meaning in All languages combined

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Particle [Arabic]

IPA: /jaː/ Forms: يَا [canonical], [romanization]
Head templates: {{ar-particle|يَا}} يَا • (yā)
  1. O; hey; you; vocative particle preceding a noun used in direct address, only rarely omitted in such contexts Derived forms: يااللّٰه (ya-llāh)
    Sense id: en-يا-ar-particle-CBHSiO2D Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic particles, South Levantine Arabic particles Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic particles: 27 0 9 0 7 0 9 9 25 0 9 3 Related terms: أَيُّهَا (ʔayyuhā), أَيَّتُهَا (ʔayyatuhā), نَكِرَة مَقْصُودَة (alt: nakira(t) maqṣūda), نَكِرَة غَيْرُ مَقْصُودَةٍ (alt: nakira(t) ḡayru maqṣūdatin), مُنَادًى (munādan), تَرْخِيم (tarḵīm), لُغَةُ مَنْ يَنْتَظِرُ (luḡatu man yantaẓiru), لُغَةُ مَنْ لَا يَنْتَظِرُ (luḡatu man lā yantaẓiru) Related terms (far vocative particles): أَيَا (ʔayā), آ (ʔā), هَيَا (hayā) Related terms (near vocative particles): أَ (ʔa), أَيْ (ʔay)

Conjunction [Egyptian Arabic]

IPA: /ja/ (note: Cairene) Forms: ya [romanization]
Etymology: From Persian یا (yâ). Etymology templates: {{bor|arz|fa|یا|tr=yâ}} Persian یا (yâ) Head templates: {{arz-conjunction|tr=ya}} يا • (ya)
  1. either ... or
    Sense id: en-يا-arz-conj--csSF6UA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Particle [Egyptian Arabic]

IPA: /ja/ (note: Cairene) Forms: ya [romanization]
Etymology: From Arabic يَا (yā). Etymology templates: {{inh|arz|ar|يَا}} Arabic يَا (yā) Head templates: {{arz-particle|tr=ya}} يا • (ya)
  1. vocative particle Tags: particle, vocative Derived forms: ياترى (english: yatara), يادوب (english: yadūb), ياريت (english: yarīt), ياما (english: yama), يلا (english: yalla)
    Sense id: en-يا-arz-particle-BzaK42zn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Conjunction [Gujarati]

Forms: [romanization], યા [Gujarati, Standard]
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian یا (yā). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|gu|fa-cls|یا|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=yā|ts=}} Classical Persian یا (yā), {{bor+|gu|fa-cls|یا|tr=yā}} Borrowed from Classical Persian یا (yā) Head templates: {{head|gu|conjunction|Standard Gujarati|યા|tr=yā}} يا • (yā) (Standard Gujarati યા), {{gu-con|mgu=યા|tr=yā}} يا • (yā) (Standard Gujarati યા)
  1. or Tags: Lisan-ud-Dawat
    Sense id: en-يا-gu-conj-cXVRejcL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection [Gujarati]

Forms: [romanization], યા [Gujarati, Standard]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic يَا (yā). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|gu|ar|يَا|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Arabic يَا (yā), {{bor+|gu|ar|يَا}} Borrowed from Arabic يَا (yā) Head templates: {{head|gu|interjection|Standard Gujarati|યા|head=|sort=|tr=yā}} يا • (yā) (Standard Gujarati યા), {{gu-interj|mgu=યા|tr=yā}} يا • (yā) (Standard Gujarati યા)
  1. O! Tags: Lisan-ud-Dawat
    Sense id: en-يا-gu-intj-X5FxioqS Categories (other): Gujarati entries with incorrect language header, Lisan ud-Dawat Gujarati Disambiguation of Gujarati entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Lisan ud-Dawat Gujarati: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Conjunction [Gulf Arabic]

IPA: /jaː/ [Kuwait] Forms: ya [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian یا (yâ, “or”). Etymology templates: {{bor|afb|fa|یا|t=or|tr=yâ}} Persian یا (yâ, “or”) Head templates: {{head|afb|conjunction|head=يا|tr=ya}} يا • (ya)
  1. either ... or
    Sense id: en-يا-afb-conj--csSF6UA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Particle [Gulf Arabic]

IPA: /jaː/ [Kuwait] Forms: ya [romanization]
Etymology: From Arabic يَا (yā). Etymology templates: {{inh|afb|ar|يَا}} Arabic يَا (yā) Head templates: {{head|afb|particle|tr=ya}} يا • (ya)
  1. vocative particle Tags: particle, vocative
    Sense id: en-يا-afb-particle-BzaK42zn Categories (other): Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Gulf Arabic particles Disambiguation of Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle [North Levantine Arabic]

Forms: [romanization]
Etymology: From Arabic يَا (yā). Etymology templates: {{inh|apc|ar|يَا}} Arabic يَا (yā) Head templates: {{head|apc|particle|tr=yā}} يا • (yā)
  1. vocative particle Tags: particle, vocative
    Sense id: en-يا-apc-particle-BzaK42zn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle [North Levantine Arabic]

Forms: yā- [romanization]
Etymology: From Arabic إيَّا (ʔiyyā). Etymology templates: {{inh|apc|ar|إيَّا}} Arabic إيَّا (ʔiyyā) Head templates: {{apc-particle|tr=yā-}} يا • (yā-)
  1. accusative particle, used with pronominal suffixes to express English object pronouns, like me, him, etc.
    Sense id: en-يا-apc-particle-7CY9K~EL Categories (other): South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header, South Levantine Arabic particles, North Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header, North Levantine Arabic particles Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 25 0 6 0 11 0 6 6 33 0 6 5 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic particles: 27 0 9 0 7 0 9 9 25 0 9 3 Disambiguation of North Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of North Levantine Arabic particles: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Conjunction [South Levantine Arabic]

IPA: /ja/, [ja] Forms: ya [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian یا (yâ, “or”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ajp|fa|یا|t=or|tr=yâ}} Persian یا (yâ, “or”) Head templates: {{ajp-conjunction|head=يا|tr=ya}} يا • (ya)
  1. either ... or Synonyms: ولّا, أو
    Sense id: en-يا-ajp-conj--csSF6UA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Particle [South Levantine Arabic]

IPA: /ja/, [ja] Forms: ya [romanization]
Etymology: From Arabic يَا (yā). Etymology templates: {{inh|ajp|ar|يَا}} Arabic يَا (yā) Head templates: {{ajp-particle|tr=ya}} يا • (ya)
  1. vocative particle Tags: particle, vocative
    Sense id: en-يا-ajp-particle-BzaK42zn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle [South Levantine Arabic]

Forms: يّا [canonical], yyā- [romanization]
Etymology: From Arabic إِيَّا (ʔiyyā). Etymology templates: {{inh|ajp|ar|إِيَّا}} Arabic إِيَّا (ʔiyyā) Head templates: {{ajp-particle|head=يّا|tr=yyā-}} يّا • (yyā-)
  1. Alternative spelling of ايا (iyya-), especially after a vowel Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ايا (extra: (iyya-), especially after a vowel)
    Sense id: en-يا-ajp-particle-GUomGA5b
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Download JSON data for يا meaning in All languages combined (15.0kB)

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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "յա",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: յա (ya)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: յա (ya)"
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          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: יא (ya)",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: יא (ya)"
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          "expansion": "→ Hindi: या (yā)",
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      "text": "→ Hindi: या (yā)"
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          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: یا (ya)",
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      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: یا (ya)"
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          "roman": "ya-llāh",
          "word": "يااللّٰه"
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          "english": "(Hey) Kareem, ...",
          "roman": "yā karīmu...",
          "text": "يَا كَرِيمُ...",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "You idiot!",
          "roman": "yā ḥimāru!",
          "text": "يَا حِمارُ!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "O Jerusalem, O Jerusalem, O Jerusalem, O city of prayer... I pray",
          "ref": "1971, “زَهْرَةُ المَدَائِن (zahratu l-madāʔin)”, in Said Akl (lyrics), The Rahbani Brothers (music), القُدْسْ فِي البَال (al-quds fī l-bāl), performed by Fairuz",
          "roman": "yā qudsu yā qudsu yā qudsu yā madīnata ṣ-ṣalāh ʾuṣallī",
          "text": "يَا قُدْسُ يَا قُدْسُ يَا قُدْسُ يَا مَدِينَةَ الصَّلَاة أُصَلِّي",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "O; hey; you; vocative particle preceding a noun used in direct address, only rarely omitted in such contexts"
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          "O",
          "O"
        ],
        [
          "hey",
          "hey"
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        [
          "you",
          "you"
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        {
          "roman": "ʔa",
          "sense": "near vocative particles",
          "word": "أَ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ʔay",
          "sense": "near vocative particles",
          "word": "أَيْ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ʔayā",
          "sense": "far vocative particles",
          "word": "أَيَا"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ʔā",
          "sense": "far vocative particles",
          "word": "آ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hayā",
          "sense": "far vocative particles",
          "word": "هَيَا"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ʔayyuhā",
          "word": "أَيُّهَا"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ʔayyatuhā",
          "word": "أَيَّتُهَا"
        },
        {
          "alt": "nakira(t) maqṣūda",
          "word": "نَكِرَة مَقْصُودَة"
        },
        {
          "alt": "nakira(t) ḡayru maqṣūdatin",
          "word": "نَكِرَة غَيْرُ مَقْصُودَةٍ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "munādan",
          "word": "مُنَادًى"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tarḵīm",
          "word": "تَرْخِيم"
        },
        {
          "roman": "luḡatu man yantaẓiru",
          "word": "لُغَةُ مَنْ يَنْتَظِرُ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "luḡatu man lā yantaẓiru",
          "word": "لُغَةُ مَنْ لَا يَنْتَظِرُ"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jaː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "يا"
}

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      "name": "inh"
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          "english": "yatara",
          "word": "ياترى"
        },
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          "word": "يادوب"
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        {
          "english": "yarīt",
          "word": "ياريت"
        },
        {
          "english": "yama",
          "word": "ياما"
        },
        {
          "english": "yalla",
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        }
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        {
          "english": "Assure me O doctor, what's the health status of our son now?",
          "roman": "ṭamminni ya doktor, ē ḥālet ibnena dilwaʾt?",
          "text": "طمني يا دكتور، ايه حالة ابننا دلوقت؟",
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      "ipa": "/ja/",
      "note": "Cairene"
    }
  ],
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}

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          "english": "Either this or that.",
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          "text": "يا ده يا ده.",
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        "pos": "",
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        "ts": ""
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        "Standard"
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          "name": "Lisan ud-Dawat Gujarati",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "O!"
      ],
      "id": "en-يا-gu-intj-X5FxioqS",
      "links": [
        [
          "O",
          "O"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Lisan-ud-Dawat"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "يا"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "يَا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic يَا (yā)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic يَا (yā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ya",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "particle",
        "tr": "ya"
      },
      "expansion": "يا • (ya)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gulf Arabic",
  "lang_code": "afb",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gulf Arabic particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "O stranger be respectful",
          "roman": "yā ḡərīb kūn ədīb",
          "text": "يا غريب كون اديب",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vocative particle"
      ],
      "id": "en-يا-afb-particle-BzaK42zn",
      "links": [
        [
          "vocative",
          "vocative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "particle",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jaː/",
      "tags": [
        "Kuwait"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "يا"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "یا",
        "t": "or",
        "tr": "yâ"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian یا (yâ, “or”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Persian یا (yâ, “or”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ya",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "afb",
        "2": "conjunction",
        "head": "يا",
        "tr": "ya"
      },
      "expansion": "يا • (ya)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Gulf Arabic",
  "lang_code": "afb",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Either this or that.",
          "roman": "yā hāḏa yā hāḏa.",
          "text": "يَا هَذَا يَا هَذَا.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "either ... or"
      ],
      "id": "en-يا-afb-conj--csSF6UA",
      "links": [
        [
          "either",
          "either"
        ],
        [
          "or",
          "or"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jaː/",
      "tags": [
        "Kuwait"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "يا"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "apc",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "يَا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic يَا (yā)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic يَا (yā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "apc",
        "2": "particle",
        "tr": "yā"
      },
      "expansion": "يا • (yā)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "North Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "apc",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vocative particle"
      ],
      "id": "en-يا-apc-particle-BzaK42zn",
      "links": [
        [
          "vocative",
          "vocative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "particle",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "يا"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "apc",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "إيَّا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic إيَّا (ʔiyyā)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic إيَّا (ʔiyyā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yā-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "yā-"
      },
      "expansion": "يا • (yā-)",
      "name": "apc-particle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "North Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "apc",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 0 6 0 11 0 6 6 33 0 6 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 0 9 0 7 0 9 9 25 0 9 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "South Levantine Arabic particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "North Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "North Levantine Arabic particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What do you want me to say?",
          "roman": "šū baddak yāni ʔūl?",
          "text": "شو بدك ياني قول؟",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I'll show them to you.",
          "roman": "raḥ farjīk yāhun.",
          "text": "رح فرجيك ياهن.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I can't explain it to you.",
          "roman": "mā fīni ʔišraḥ-lak yā.",
          "text": "ما فيني اشرحلك ياه.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "accusative particle, used with pronominal suffixes to express English object pronouns, like me, him, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-يا-apc-particle-7CY9K~EL",
      "links": [
        [
          "accusative",
          "accusative#English"
        ],
        [
          "me",
          "me#English"
        ],
        [
          "him",
          "him#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "يا"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "يَا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic يَا (yā)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic يَا (yā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ya",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "ya"
      },
      "expansion": "يا • (ya)",
      "name": "ajp-particle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vocative particle"
      ],
      "id": "en-يا-ajp-particle-BzaK42zn",
      "links": [
        [
          "vocative",
          "vocative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "particle",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ja/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "يا"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "یا",
        "t": "or",
        "tr": "yâ"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian یا (yâ, “or”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Persian یا (yâ, “or”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ya",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "يا",
        "tr": "ya"
      },
      "expansion": "يا • (ya)",
      "name": "ajp-conjunction"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "معيش وقت اليوم — يا بروح عالنادي يا بشوف صحابي.\nmaʕīš waʔt il-yōm — ya barūḥ ʕan-nādi ya bašūf ṣḥābi\nI don't have time today — I either go to the gym or see my friends.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "either ... or"
      ],
      "id": "en-يا-ajp-conj--csSF6UA",
      "links": [
        [
          "either",
          "either"
        ],
        [
          "or",
          "or"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ولّا"
        },
        {
          "word": "أو"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ja/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "يا"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "إِيَّا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic إِيَّا (ʔiyyā)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic إِيَّا (ʔiyyā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "يّا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yyā-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "يّا",
        "tr": "yyā-"
      },
      "expansion": "يّا • (yyā-)",
      "name": "ajp-particle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "South Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(iyya-), especially after a vowel",
          "word": "ايا"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of ايا (iyya-), especially after a vowel"
      ],
      "id": "en-يا-ajp-particle-GUomGA5b",
      "links": [
        [
          "ايا",
          "ايا#South Levantine Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "يا"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic particles",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ya-llāh",
      "word": "يااللّٰه"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "յա",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: յա (ya)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: յա (ya)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "יא",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "ya"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: יא (ya)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: יא (ya)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "या",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: या (yā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: या (yā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "یا",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "ya"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: یا (ya)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: یا (ya)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "ya"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: ya",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: ya"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "یا",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "yâ"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: یا (yâ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: یا (yâ)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "يَا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "يَا"
      },
      "expansion": "يَا • (yā)",
      "name": "ar-particle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "particle",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "ʔa",
      "sense": "near vocative particles",
      "word": "أَ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ʔay",
      "sense": "near vocative particles",
      "word": "أَيْ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ʔayā",
      "sense": "far vocative particles",
      "word": "أَيَا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ʔā",
      "sense": "far vocative particles",
      "word": "آ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hayā",
      "sense": "far vocative particles",
      "word": "هَيَا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ʔayyuhā",
      "word": "أَيُّهَا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ʔayyatuhā",
      "word": "أَيَّتُهَا"
    },
    {
      "alt": "nakira(t) maqṣūda",
      "word": "نَكِرَة مَقْصُودَة"
    },
    {
      "alt": "nakira(t) ḡayru maqṣūdatin",
      "word": "نَكِرَة غَيْرُ مَقْصُودَةٍ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "munādan",
      "word": "مُنَادًى"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tarḵīm",
      "word": "تَرْخِيم"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luḡatu man yantaẓiru",
      "word": "لُغَةُ مَنْ يَنْتَظِرُ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luḡatu man lā yantaẓiru",
      "word": "لُغَةُ مَنْ لَا يَنْتَظِرُ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic 1-syllable words",
        "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Arabic lemmas",
        "Arabic particles",
        "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Arabic terms with quotations",
        "Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(Hey) Kareem, ...",
          "roman": "yā karīmu...",
          "text": "يَا كَرِيمُ...",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You idiot!",
          "roman": "yā ḥimāru!",
          "text": "يَا حِمارُ!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "O Jerusalem, O Jerusalem, O Jerusalem, O city of prayer... I pray",
          "ref": "1971, “زَهْرَةُ المَدَائِن (zahratu l-madāʔin)”, in Said Akl (lyrics), The Rahbani Brothers (music), القُدْسْ فِي البَال (al-quds fī l-bāl), performed by Fairuz",
          "roman": "yā qudsu yā qudsu yā qudsu yā madīnata ṣ-ṣalāh ʾuṣallī",
          "text": "يَا قُدْسُ يَا قُدْسُ يَا قُدْسُ يَا مَدِينَةَ الصَّلَاة أُصَلِّي",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "O; hey; you; vocative particle preceding a noun used in direct address, only rarely omitted in such contexts"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "O",
          "O"
        ],
        [
          "hey",
          "hey"
        ],
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jaː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "يا"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic particles",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "yatara",
      "word": "ياترى"
    },
    {
      "english": "yadūb",
      "word": "يادوب"
    },
    {
      "english": "yarīt",
      "word": "ياريت"
    },
    {
      "english": "yama",
      "word": "ياما"
    },
    {
      "english": "yalla",
      "word": "يلا"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arz",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "يَا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic يَا (yā)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic يَا (yā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ya",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "ya"
      },
      "expansion": "يا • (ya)",
      "name": "arz-particle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian Arabic",
  "lang_code": "arz",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Egyptian Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Assure me O doctor, what's the health status of our son now?",
          "roman": "ṭamminni ya doktor, ē ḥālet ibnena dilwaʾt?",
          "text": "طمني يا دكتور، ايه حالة ابننا دلوقت؟",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vocative particle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vocative",
          "vocative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "particle",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ja/",
      "note": "Cairene"
    }
  ],
  "word": "يا"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic particles",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arz",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "یا",
        "tr": "yâ"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian یا (yâ)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Persian یا (yâ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ya",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "ya"
      },
      "expansion": "يا • (ya)",
      "name": "arz-conjunction"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Egyptian Arabic",
  "lang_code": "arz",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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}

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        "O!"
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}

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    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic"
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        {
          "english": "O stranger be respectful",
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          "text": "يا غريب كون اديب",
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        }
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        "vocative particle"
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          "vocative",
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      "ipa": "/jaː/",
      "tags": [
        "Kuwait"
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}

{
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    "Gulf Arabic terms with redundant head parameter",
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    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic particles",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic"
  ],
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        "Gulf Arabic terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "english": "Either this or that.",
          "roman": "yā hāḏa yā hāḏa.",
          "text": "يَا هَذَا يَا هَذَا.",
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        }
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      "ipa": "/jaː/",
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}

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    "North Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "North Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic particles",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic"
  ],
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        "vocative particle"
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          "vocative",
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        "particle",
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}

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  "categories": [
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      "name": "inh"
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      "tags": [
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        {
          "english": "What do you want me to say?",
          "roman": "šū baddak yāni ʔūl?",
          "text": "شو بدك ياني قول؟",
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        },
        {
          "english": "I'll show them to you.",
          "roman": "raḥ farjīk yāhun.",
          "text": "رح فرجيك ياهن.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "I can't explain it to you.",
          "roman": "mā fīni ʔišraḥ-lak yā.",
          "text": "ما فيني اشرحلك ياه.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "accusative particle, used with pronominal suffixes to express English object pronouns, like me, him, etc."
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        [
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          "accusative#English"
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        [
          "me",
          "me#English"
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        [
          "him",
          "him#English"
        ]
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  ],
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}

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    "South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms with audio links"
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      "expansion": "Arabic يَا (yā)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic يَا (yā).",
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    {
      "form": "ya",
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        "romanization"
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      "ipa": "/ja/"
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      "ipa": "[ja]"
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}

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    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Persian",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
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    "South Levantine Arabic terms with redundant head parameter"
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      "form": "ya",
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    }
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  "pos": "conj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "South Levantine Arabic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "معيش وقت اليوم — يا بروح عالنادي يا بشوف صحابي.\nmaʕīš waʔt il-yōm — ya barūḥ ʕan-nādi ya bašūf ṣḥābi\nI don't have time today — I either go to the gym or see my friends.",
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        }
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        {
          "word": "ولّا"
        },
        {
          "word": "أو"
        }
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ja/"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ja]"
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}

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    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic particles",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ajp",
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        "3": "إِيَّا"
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      "name": "inh"
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  "etymology_text": "From Arabic إِيَّا (ʔiyyā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "يّا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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      "form": "yyā-",
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        "romanization"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ajp",
  "pos": "particle",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(iyya-), especially after a vowel",
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        }
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        "Alternative spelling of ايا (iyya-), especially after a vowel"
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          "ايا",
          "ايا#South Levantine Arabic"
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}

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