U+098F, এ
BENGALI LETTER E
[unassigned: U+098D–U+098E]

[U+098C]
Bengali
[U+0990]

Translingual

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e/, /ɛ/, /æ/

Letter

  1. a vowel of the Bengali script

Usage notes

  • Its matra, used to modify the inherent vowel in a consonant, is written . For example, the first consonant ক with the matra looks like: কে.

Assamese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ/ (sometimes /e/ depending on the vowel harmony)
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

• (e)

  1. The eighth character in the Assamese alphabet.

Bengali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e/, /æ/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

Letter

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• (e)

  1. The eighth character in the Bengali abugida.

See also

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit एष (eṣa), from a compound of Proto-Indo-European *éy + .

Pronoun

• (e) (objective একে (eke), possessive এর (er))

  1. (informally) he, she, it
  2. this

Particle

• (e)

  1. ezafe

Bishnupriya Manipuri

Pronunciation

Letter

(e)

  1. The eighth character in the Bishnupriya Manipuri alphabet.

Kokborok

Pronunciation

Letter

(e)

  1. The eighth character in the Tripura alphabet.