ई
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Translingual
Pronunciation
Letter
ई (ī)
- a vowel of the Devanagari script
Usage notes
- Its matra, used to modify the inherent vowel in a consonant is written ी. For example the first consonant क with the matra looks like: की.
Bhojpuri
Etymology
Probably from Kurukh ई (ī, “this”).
Determiner
ई (ī)
- this
- ई पानी
- ī pānī
- this water
Dhivehi
Pronunciation
Letter
ई • (ī)
- The fourth vowel in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari script
Hindi
Pronunciation
Letter
ई • (ī)
See also
- (matra): ी (ī)
- (Devanagari script letters) अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ (Category: Hindi letters)
Kumarbhag Paharia
Etymology
From Proto-Dravidian *iH (“this”).
Determiner
ई (ī)
Kurukh
Etymology
From Proto-Dravidian *iH (“this”).
Determiner
ई (ī)
Descendants
- → Bhojpuri: ई (ī)
Maithili
Etymology
Cognate with Bengali এ (e), Hindi यह (yah).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ई • (ī)
Declension
| Declension of ई | ||
|---|---|---|
| direct | ई | |
| instrumental | एकरें ऎकरें | |
| accusative/postpositional | एकरा ऎकरा | |
| dative | एकरा ऎकरा एकराल ऎकराल | |
| genitive | एकर | |
| ergative | इएँ | |
Marathi
Pronunciation
Letter
ई • (ī)
Nepali
Pronunciation
Letter
ई • (ī)
Determiner
ई • (ī)
- Alternative form of यी (yī)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঈ (Assamese script)
- ᬈ (Balinese script)
- ঈ (Bengali script)
- 𑰃 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀈 (Brahmi script)
- ဤ (Burmese script)
- ઈ (Gujarati script)
- ਈ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌈 (Grantha script)
- ꦇ (Javanese script)
- 𑂆 (Kaithi script)
- ಈ (Kannada script)
- ឦ (Khmer script)
- ອີ (Lao script)
- ഈ (Malayalam script)
- ᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘃 (Modi script)
- ᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦣 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐃 (Newa script)
- ଈ (Odia script)
- ꢅ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆆 (Sharada script)
- 𑖃 (Siddham script)
- ඊ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚃 (Takri script)
- ஈ (Tamil script)
- ఈ (Telugu script)
- อี (Thai script)
- ཨཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒄 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Root
ई • (ī)
- Alternative form of इ (i)