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See also: -એ
Gujarati
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈeː/
Letter
એ • (e)
- The eighth vowel of Gujarati.
See also
- (matra): ે (e)
- (Gujarati script letters) અ, આ, ઇ, ઈ, ઉ, ઊ, ઋ, એ, ઐ, ઓ, ઔ, અં, અઃ, ક, ખ, ગ, ઘ, ઙ, ચ, છ, જ, ઝ, ઞ, ટ, ઠ, ડ, ઢ, ણ, ત, થ, દ, ધ, ન, પ, ફ, બ, ભ, મ, ય, ર, લ, વ, શ, ષ, સ, હ, ળ, ક્ષ, જ્ઞ (Category: Gujarati letters)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Gujarati ए (e), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀲𑁄 m (eso), 𑀏𑀲𑀸 f (esā), from Sanskrit एषः m (eṣaḥ), एषा f (eṣā), a compound of Proto-Indo-European *éy + *só. Cognate with Bengali এ (e), Hindi यह (yah).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈeː/
Pronoun
એ • (e)
Usage notes
- Informal version of તે (te).
- Traditionally, especially among Hindus, a person would not refer to their spouse by name and referred to each other as એ (e).
See also
Gujarati personal pronouns
| 1st pn. | 2nd pn. | 3rd pn. (personal & demonstrative) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | Singular & Informal |
Plural/ Formal |
Proximal | Distal | ||||||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | Informal | Formal | Informal | Formal | ||||||
| Singular | Plural† | Singular | Plural† | ||||||||
| Nominative | હું (hũ) | આપણે (āpaṇe) | અમે (ame) | તું (tũ) | તમે (tame) | આ (ā) | આઓ (āo) | તે (te), એ (e) | તેઓ (teo) | ||
| Ergative | મેં (mẽ) | તેં (tẽ) | આણે (āṇe) | આઓએ (āoe) | આમણે (āmaṇe) | તેણે (teṇe)‡, એણે (eṇe) | તેઓએ (teoe)‡, એઓએ (eoe) | તેમણે (temṇe)‡, એમણે (emaṇe) | |||
| Dative | મને (mane) | આપણને (āpaṇne) | અમને (amane) | તને (tane) | તમને (tamne) | આને (āne) | આઓને (āone) | આમને (āmane) | તેને (tene)‡, એને (ene) | તેઓને (teone)‡, એઓને (eone) | તેમને (temne)‡, એમને (emane) |
| Genitive | મારું (mārũ) | આપણું (āpaṇũ) | અમારું (amārũ) | તારું (tārũ) | તમારું (tamārũ) | આનું (ānũ) | આઓનું (āonũ) | આમનું (āmanũ) | તેનું (tenũ)‡, એનું (enũ) | તેઓનું (teonũ)‡, એઓનું (eonũ) | તેમનું (temnũ)‡, એમનું (emanũ) |
† Note: The plural forms of the 3rd person are optional and are considered formal. Often, instead, એ બધા (e badhā), or એ લોકો (e loko) is used instead. ‡ Note: These forms are considered more formal.