U+0A8F, એ
GUJARATI LETTER E
[unassigned: U+0A8E]

[U+0A8D]
Gujarati
[U+0A90]
See also: -એ

Gujarati

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(e)

  1. The eighth vowel of Gujarati.
See also
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  • (matra): (e)

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old Gujarati (e), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀲𑁄 m (eso), 𑀏𑀲𑀸 f (esā), from Sanskrit एषः m (eṣaḥ), एषा f (eṣā), a compound of Proto-Indo-European *éy + *só. Cognate with Bengali (e), Hindi यह (yah).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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(e)

  1. third person singular distal personal pronoun: he, she, it
Usage notes
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  • Informal version of તે (te).
  • Traditionally, especially among Hindus, a person would not refer to their spouse by name and referred to each other as (e).

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Gujarati personal pronouns
nominative ergative dative genitive
1st person singular હું () મેં (mẽ) મને (mane) મારું (mārũ)
plural inclusive આપણે (āpaṇe) આપણને (āpaṇne) આપણું (āpaṇũ)
exclusive અમે (ame) અમને (amane) અમારું (amārũ)
2nd person informal singular તું () તેં (tẽ) તને (tane) તારું (tārũ)
plural (also
formal singular)
તમે (tame) તમને (tamne) તમારું (tamārũ)
3rd person
(personal &
demonstrative)
proximal informal
singular
(ā) આણે (āṇe) આને (āne) આનું (ānũ)
informal
plural†
આઓ (āo) આઓએ (āoe) આઓને (āone) આઓનું (āonũ)
formal આમણે (āmaṇe) આમને (āmane) આમનું (āmanũ)
distal informal
singular
તે (te)
(e)
તેણે (teṇe)
એણે (eṇe)
તેને (tene)
એને (ene)
તેનું (tenũ)
એનું (enũ)
informal
plural†
તેઓ (teo) તેઓએ (teoe)
એઓએ (eoe)
તેઓને (teone)
એઓને (eone)
તેઓનું (teonũ)
એઓનું (eonũ)
formal તેમણે (temṇe)
એમણે (emaṇe)
તેમને (temne)
એમને (emane)
તેમનું (temnũ)
એમનું (emanũ)

† The plural forms of the 3rd person are optional and are considered formal. Often
instead એ બધા (e badhā) or એ લોકો (e loko) is used instead.
‡ These forms are considered more formal.