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U+0907, इ
DEVANAGARI LETTER I

[U+0906]
Devanagari
[U+0908]

Translingual

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Stroke order

Pronunciation

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

Letter

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(i)

  1. a vowel of the Devanagari script

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Dhivehi

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(i)

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

Hindi

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Pronunciation

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

Letter

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(i)

  1. the third vowel in Hindi

See also

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Marathi

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(i)

  1. The third vowel in Marathi.

Nepali

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Pronunciation

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

Letter

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(i)

  1. The third vowel in Nepali.

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hay-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hay-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-. 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.

Alternative forms

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Root

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(i)

  1. to go
Usage notes
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The aorist is normally supplied by the root गा (): अगात् (ágāt).

Derived terms
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Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms
Prefixed Root Forms

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-European *éy. See also अयम् (ayam).

Alternative forms

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Particle

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(i)

  1. base of the nominative and accusative singular dual and plural of the demonstrative pronoun इदम् (idam), ‘this’ or ‘that

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 163/2-3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 7
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 102-3; 185