છે

See also: છ, છી, છું, and છો

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Gujarati छै, from Old Gujarati अछइ (achaï), छइ (chaï), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀤𑀺 (acchadi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀙𑀢𑀺 (achati /⁠acchati⁠/), from Sanskrit આક્ષેતિ (ākṣeti), from આ- (ā-) + ક્ષેતિ (kṣeti).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʰɛ/
• Hyphenation: છે
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Verb

છે • (chě)

1. inflection of હોવું (hovũ):
   1. second/third-person singular present
   2. third-person plural present

Further reading

• “છે”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ā́kṣēti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 46