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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


Hindi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

(i)

  1. The third vowel in Hindi.

See also


Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • अय् (ay)
  • (ī)

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), Latin eo (I go), Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎫𐎡𐎹 (aitiy, goes), Luwian 𒄿𒄿 (iti, goes), Hittite 𒄿𒄿𒀀𒀜𒋫 (i-ya-at-ta /iyatta/, goes), Old Church Slavonic ити (iti), Lithuanian eiti.

Pronunciation

Root

(i)

  1. to go

Derived terms

  • 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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