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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa -इऔ (-iau), taking a final nasal from either instrumental -इअहिं (-iahiṃ) (See -ए (-e)) or the direct plural ending of the "unextended" inflection descending from Sanskrit -ई (-ī), ultimately from Sanskrit -इकाः (-ikāḥ), the nominative plural of -इका (-ikā). [1]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-इयाँ • (-iyā̃)
- direct plural of -ई (-ī)
- direct plural of -इया (-iyā)
References
- ^ Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 10