Hindi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa -इआहुं (-iā̆huṃ), from Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀇𑀕𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀁 (-igāṇāṃ), from Sanskrit -इकानाम् (-ikānām), the genitive plural ending of both -इक m (-ika) and -इका f (-ikā). [1]

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-इयों (-iyõ)

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

References

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  1. ^ Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 7