दया

See also: द्य, दिया, and द्यु

Hindi

दया • (dayā) f (Urdu spelling دیا)

pity, mercy
मुझे उस पर दया आ गई। ― mujhe us par dayā ā gaī ― I took pity on him.

उसका दिल दया से पिघल गया। ― uskā dil dayā se pighal gayā ― His heart melted with pity.

Declension of दया (fem ā-stem)

Bahri, Hardev (1989) “दया”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

दया • (dayā) f

Declension of दया (fem ā-stem)
direct singular	दया dayā
direct plural	दया dayā
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	दया dayā	दया dayā
oblique सामान्यरूप	दये daye	दयां- dayān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	दयेला dayelā	दयांना dayānnā
ergative	दयेने, दयेनं dayene, dayena	दयांनी dayānnī
instrumental	दयेशी dayeśī	दयांशी dayānśī
locative सप्तमी	दयेत dayet	दयांत dayāt
vocative संबोधन	दये daye	दयांनो dayānno
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 दया (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	दयेचा dayeċā	दयेचे dayeċe	दयेची dayecī	दयेच्या dayecā	दयेचे, दयेचं dayeċe, dayeċa	दयेची dayecī	दयेच्या dayecā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	दयांचा dayānċā	दयांचे dayānċe	दयांची dayāñcī	दयांच्या dayāncā	दयांचे, दयांचं dayānċe, dayānċa	दयांची dayāñcī	दयांच्या dayāñcā
^* 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.

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “दया”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

From the root दय् (day, “to divide, impart, take part in”). Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-.

दया • (dayā) stem, f

Feminine ā-stem declension of दया (dayā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दया dayā	दये daye	दयाः dayāḥ
Vocative	दये daye	दये daye	दयाः dayāḥ
Accusative	दयाम् dayām	दये daye	दयाः dayāḥ
Instrumental	दयया / दया¹ dayayā / dayā¹	दयाभ्याम् dayābhyām	दयाभिः dayābhiḥ
Dative	दयायै dayāyai	दयाभ्याम् dayābhyām	दयाभ्यः dayābhyaḥ
Ablative	दयायाः / दयायै² dayāyāḥ / dayāyai²	दयाभ्याम् dayābhyām	दयाभ्यः dayābhyaḥ
Genitive	दयायाः / दयायै² dayāyāḥ / dayāyai²	दययोः dayayoḥ	दयानाम् dayānām
Locative	दयायाम् dayāyām	दययोः dayayoḥ	दयासु dayāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Monier Williams (1899) “दया”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 469/3, 470/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 20-1