See also: , ड़, and

U+0907, इ
DEVANAGARI LETTER I

[U+0906]
Devanagari
[U+0908]

Translingual edit

 
Stroke order

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /i/, /ɪ/ (may vary by language)

Letter edit

(i)

  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: कि. The matra should appear before the consonant it modifies, though it is pronounced after.

Derived terms edit

Dhivehi edit

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

(i)

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

Hindi edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɪ/, /i/ (at the end of words)
  • (file)

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(i)

  1. the third vowel in Hindi

See also edit

Marathi edit

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

(i)

  1. The third vowel in Marathi.

Nepali edit

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

(i)

  1. The third vowel in Nepali.

Sanskrit edit

Sanskrit verb forms
Presentएति (eti)
अयति (ayati)
Causativeआययति (āyayati)
Desiderativeईषिषति (īṣiṣati)
Intensiveईयते (īyate)

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hay-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hay-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-. Cognate with Ancient Greek εἶμι (eîmi, I go), Mycenaean Greek 𐀂𐀍𐀳 (i-jo-te), Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎫𐎡𐎹 (aitiy, goes), Luwian 𒄿𒋾 (i-ti /⁠iti, idi⁠/, goes), Hittite 𒄿𒄿𒀀𒀜𒋫 (i-ya-at-ta /⁠iyatta⁠/, goes), Old Church Slavonic ити (iti), Lithuanian eiti, and Latin eo, iter whence English itinerary.

Alternative forms edit

Root edit

(i)

  1. to go
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *éy. See also अयम् (ayam).

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Particle edit

(i)

  1. base of the nominative and accusative singular dual and plural of the demonstrative pronoun इदम् (idam), ‘this’ or ‘that

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 163/2-3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 7
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 102-3; 185