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U+0907, इ
DEVANAGARI LETTER I

[U+0906]
Devanagari
[U+0908]

Translingual

Pronunciation

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

Letter

(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

(i)

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

Hindi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

(i)

  1. the third vowel in Hindi

See also

Marathi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i/
  • (file)

Letter

(i)

  1. The third vowel in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

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

Letter

(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

(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)
  • (√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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