-आई

Hindi

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Hindi -आई (-āī), extracted from a few Prakrit nominal suffixes such as -आइअ n (-āia), -अइअ n (-aïa), -अविअ n (-avia), -आइआ f (-āiā), -अइआ f (-aïā). Compare Hindi जंभाई f (jambhāī, “a yawn”) / जंभना (jambhnā, “to yawn”) with Prakrit जंभाइअ n (jaṃbhāia, “a yawn, yawning”) / जंभ- (jaṃbha-, “to yawn”). The Prakrit suffixes are from Sanskrit -ता (-tā), -अयित (-ayita), -आपित (-āpita), -आयित (-āyita), etc extended with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).

    Pronunciation

    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑː.iː/, [äː.iː]

    Suffix

    -आई • (-āī)

    1. Forms feminine abstract nouns.

    Declension

    Declension of -आई (fem ind ī-stem)
    singular plural
    direct -आई
    -āī     		-आइयाँ
    -āiyā̃
    oblique -आई
    -āī     		-आइयों
    -āiyõ
    vocative -आई
    -āī     		-आइयो
    -āiyo

    Derived terms

    Hindi nouns suffixed with -आई
    कटाई
    कमाई
    खुदाई
    चढ़ाई
    चतुराई
    चुदाई
    चौड़ाई
    जम्हाई
    जुताई
    ठकुराई
    दिखाई
    दौड़ाई
    पंडिताई
    पढ़ाई
    पिसाई
    बुनाई
    बुराई
    सुनाई

    References

    • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “-आई”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
    • Platts, John T. (1884) “-आई”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
    • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 232
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