ई

• IPA^(key): /iː/, /i/

ई (ī)

1. a vowel of the Devanagari script

• 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.

Cognate with Hindi यह (yah), Bengali এ (e). Ultimately from Sanskrit एषः m (eṣaḥ), एषा f (eṣā).

ई (ī)

1. this

   ई पानी

   ī pānī

   this water

• IPA^(key): [iː]

ई • (ī)

1. The fourth vowel in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari script

• IPA^(key): /iː/, /i/, [iː]

• Audio:

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ई • (ī)

1. the fourth vowel in Hindi

• (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 ^[edit]

From Proto-Dravidian *iH (“this”).

ई (ī)

1. this

From Proto-Dravidian *iH (“this”).

ई (ī)

1. this

Cognate with Bengali এ (e), Hindi यह (yah).

• IPA^(key): [iː]

ई • (ī)

1. (proximal) this one; he; she; it

• IPA^(key): /iː/

• Audio:

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ई • (ī)

1. The fourth vowel in Marathi.

• IPA^(key): [i]
• Phonetic Devanagari: इ

• Audio:

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ई • (ī)

1. The fourth vowel in Nepali.

ई • (ī)

1. alternative form of यी (yī)

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /iː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /iː/

ई • (ī)

1. alternative form of इ (i, “to go”)