ഈ

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ഈ	U+0D08, ഈ MALAYALAM LETTER II

Malayalam

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iː/
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Etymology 1

Letter

ഈ • (ī)

The 4th letter of Malayalam alphabet. Transliterated as ī.
ൟ (ī) was used instead of ഈ before

See also

(vowel sign): ീ
(Malayalam script letters) അ,‎ ആ,‎ ഇ,‎ ഈ,‎ ഉ,‎ ഊ,‎ ഋ,‎ എ,‎ ഏ,‎ ഐ,‎ ഒ,‎ ഓ,‎ ഔ,‎ അം,‎ അഃ,‎ ക,‎ ഖ,‎ ഗ,‎ ഘ,‎ ങ,‎ ച,‎ ഛ,‎ ജ,‎ ഝ,‎ ഞ,‎ ട,‎ ഠ,‎ ഡ,‎ ഢ,‎ ണ,‎ ത,‎ ഥ,‎ ദ,‎ ധ,‎ ന,‎ പ,‎ ഫ,‎ ബ,‎ ഭ,‎ മ,‎ യ,‎ ര,‎ ല,‎ വ,‎ ശ,‎ ഷ,‎ സ,‎ ഹ,‎ ള,‎ ഴ,‎ റ,‎ ൺ,‎ ൻ,‎ ർ,‎ ൽ,‎ ൾ ^{(Category: Malayalam letters)}

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *iH (“this”).

Pronoun

ഈ • (ī)

this
Antonym: ആ (ā)

Coordinate term: ഇത് (itŭ)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

ഇയ്യ് (iyyŭ), ഇജ്ജ് (ijjŭ), ജ്ജ് (jjŭ), ജി (ji) — Northern dialect

Pronoun

ഈ • (ī)

(Mappila) Dialectal form of നീ (nī)

References

Warrier, M. I. (2008) “ഈ”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
Gundert, Hermann (1872) “൦രം”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.

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