इ

See also: ड, ड़, and ङ

इ U+0907, इ
DEVANAGARI LETTER I
← आ
[U+0906]
Devanagari ई →
[U+0908]

Translingual

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i/, /ɪ/ (may vary by language)

Letter

इ (i)

  1. A vowel of the Devanagari script. Its matra, used to modify the inherent vowel in a consonant is written ि. For example the first consonant क with the matra looks like: कि. The matra should appear before the consonant it modifies, though it is pronounced after.

Derived terms

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

Letter

इ • (i)

  1. The third vowel in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari script

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪ/, /i/ (at the end of words)

Letter

इ • (i)

  1. the third vowel in Hindi

See also

Marathi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i/
  • (file)

Letter

इ • (i)

  1. The third vowel in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [i]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: इ

Letter

इ • (i)

  1. The third vowel in Nepali.

Sanskrit

Sanskrit verb forms
Presentएति (eti)
अयति (ayati)
Causativeआययति (āyayati)
Desiderativeईषिषति (īṣiṣati)
Intensiveईयते (īyate)

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hi-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hi-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁i-. Cognate with Ancient Greek εἶμι (eîmi, “I go”), Mycenaean Greek 𐀂𐀍𐀳 (i-jo-te), Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎫𐎡𐎹 (aitiy, “goes”), Luwian 𒄿𒋾 (i-ti /iti, idi/, “goes”), Hittite 𒄿𒄿𒀀𒀜𒋫 (i-ya-at-ta /iyatta/, “goes”), Old Church Slavonic ити (iti), Lithuanian eiti, and Latin eo, iter whence English itinerary.

Pronunciation

Root

इ • (i)

  1. to go

Derived terms

  • अधी (adhī́, “to turn the mind towards, to mind, know by heart, go over”)
  • अय (áya, “going”)
  • अयन (áyana, “road, path”)
  • अर्थेत् (arthét, “active, hasty”)
  • आय (āyá, “arrival, approach”)
  • आयन (ā́yana, “coming, approaching”)
  • आयिन् (āyín, “coming or hastening near”)
  • आयु (āyú, “living, movable”)
  • इत (itá, “gone”)
  • इत्य (itya, “to be gone to”)
  • इत्या (ityā́, “going, stepping”)
  • इत्वन् (itvan, “going”)
  • इत्वर (itvara, “going, walking”)
  • ए (√e, “come near, approach; reach, attain; submit”)
  • एत (éta, “come near, approached”)
  • एत (éta, “rushing, darting”)
  • एतवे (étave, “to go”)
  • एति (éti, “arrival, approach”)
  • एति (éti, “he goes”)
  • एतृ (etṛ́, “goer, approacher”)
  • एतोस् (étos, “to go”)
  • एत्य (étya, “having come near”)
  • एनी (enī́, “rushing, darting”)
  • एम (éma, “course, way”)
  • एमन् (éman, “course, way”)
  • एव (éva, “going, moving, speedy, quick”)
  • प्रे (√pre, “come forth, appear; begin; proceed, advance; go forwards; go out”)

References

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