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એ U+0A8F, એ GUJARATI LETTER E [unassigned: U+0A8E] ← ઍ [U+0A8D] Gujarati ઐ → [U+0A90]

See also: -એ

Gujarati

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eː/, /ɛ/, /æ/

Letter

એ • (e)

1. The eighth letter of the Gujarati script.

See also

• (matra): ે (e)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Gujarati ए (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 এ (e), Hindi यह (yah).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈeː/

Pronoun

એ • (e)

1. third person singular distal personal pronoun: he, she, it

Usage notes

• 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 એ (e).

See also

Gujarati personal pronouns

	1st pn.			2nd pn.		3rd pn. (personal & demonstrative)
	Singular	Plural		Singular & Informal	Plural/ Formal	Proximal			Distal
		Inclusive	Exclusive			Informal		Formal	Informal		Formal
						Singular	Plural†		Singular	Plural†
Nominative	હું (hũ)	આપણે (āpaṇe)	અમે (ame)	તું (tũ)	તમે (tame)	આ (ā)	આઓ (āo)		તે (te), એ (e)	તેઓ (teo)
Ergative	મેં (mẽ)			તેં (tẽ)		આણે (āṇe)	આઓએ (āoe)	આમણે (āmaṇe)	તેણે (teṇe)‡, એણે (eṇe)	તેઓએ (teoe)‡, એઓએ (eoe)	તેમણે (temṇe)‡, એમણે (emaṇe)
Dative	મને (mane)	આપણને (āpaṇne)	અમને (amane)	તને (tane)	તમને (tamne)	આને (āne)	આઓને (āone)	આમને (āmane)	તેને (tene)‡, એને (ene)	તેઓને (teone)‡, એઓને (eone)	તેમને (temne)‡, એમને (emane)
Genitive	મારું (mārũ)	આપણું (āpaṇũ)	અમારું (amārũ)	તારું (tārũ)	તમારું (tamārũ)	આનું (ānũ)	આઓનું (āonũ)	આમનું (āmanũ)	તેનું (tenũ)‡, એનું (enũ)	તેઓનું (teonũ)‡, એઓનું (eonũ)	તેમનું (temnũ)‡, એમનું (emanũ)

† Note: 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. ‡ Note: These forms are considered more formal.