Hindi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa -इअहु (iahu), ultimately a univerbation of Sanskrit -इकाः (-ikāḥ), the vocative plural ending of both -इक m (-ika) and -इका f (-ikā), and Sanskrit भोस् (bhos). See -आ (). [1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɪ.joː/, [i.joː]

Suffix

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-इयो (-iyo)

  1. vocative plural of -ई m or f ()
  2. vocative plural of -इया f (-iyā)

References

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  1. ^ Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 6