ई

See also: -ई

ई U+0908, ई DEVANAGARI LETTER II ← इ [U+0907] Devanagari उ → [U+0909]

Translingual

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

Letter

ई (ī)

1. a vowel of the Devanagari script

Usage notes

• 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.

Bhojpuri

Etymology

Probably from Kurukh ई (ī, “this”).

Determiner

ई (ī)

1. this

   ई पानी

   ī pānī

   this water

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iː]

Letter

ई • (ī)

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

Hindi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/, /i/, [iː]

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

ई • (ī)

1. the fourth vowel in Hindi

See also

• (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 ^{(Category: Hindi letters) [edit]}

Kumarbhag Paharia

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *iH (“this”).

Determiner

ई (ī)

1. this

Kurukh

Etymology

From Proto-Dravidian *iH (“this”).

Determiner

ई (ī)

1. this

Descendants

• → Bhojpuri: ई (ī)

Maithili

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iː]

Pronoun

ई • (ī)

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

Declension

Declension of ई [iː]
direct	ई [iː]
instrumental	एकरें [ekᵊɾẽː]ऎकरें
accusative/postpositional	एकरा [ekᵊɾaː]ऎकरा
dative	एकरा [ekᵊɾaː]ऎकरा एकराल [ekᵊɾaːl]ऎकराल
genitive	एकर [eːkəɾ]
ergative	इएँ [ɪẽː]

Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

ई • (ī)

1. The fourth vowel in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ई • (ī)

1. The fourth vowel in Nepali.

Determiner

ई • (ī)

1. Alternative form of यी (yī)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঈ (Assamese script)
• ᬈ (Balinese script)
• ঈ (Bengali script)
• 𑰃 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀈 (Brahmi script)
• ဤ (Burmese script)
• ઈ (Gujarati script)
• ਈ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌈 (Grantha script)
• ꦇ (Javanese script)
• 𑂆 (Kaithi script)
• ಈ (Kannada script)
• ឦ (Khmer script)
• ອີ (Lao script)
• ഈ (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘃 (Modi script)
• ᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦣 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐃 (Newa script)
• ଈ (Odia script)
• ꢅ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆆 (Sharada script)
• 𑖃 (Siddham script)
• ඊ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚃 (Takri script)
• ஈ (Tamil script)
• ఈ (Telugu script)
• อี (Thai script)
• ཨཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒄 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

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

Root

ई • (ī)

1. Alternative form of इ (i)