आई

• IPA^(key): /ɑːiː/

आई • (āī)

1. inflection of आना (ānā):
   1. feminine singular perfective adjectival
   2. feminine singular oblique and vocative perfective adjectival

• From Sanskrit अर्यिका (aryikā)
• From Sanskrit अम्बा (ambā)
• Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Aryan *āī.

Probably a nursery word. Cognate with Assamese আই (ai).

आई • (āī) f

1. mother

• मुंबई (mumbaī) from मुंबा (mumbā, “a goddess”) + आई

• James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “आई”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “āī (997)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ambāˊ (574)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “āryaka (134)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press