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Gujarati
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈeː/
Letter
[edit]એ • (e)
- The eighth vowel of Gujarati.
See also
[edit]- (matra): ે (e)
- Gujarati script letters: અ, આ, ઇ, ઈ, ઉ, ઊ, ઋ, એ, ઐ, ઓ, ઔ, અં, અઃ, ક, ખ, ગ, ઘ, ઙ, ચ, છ, જ, ઝ, ઞ, ટ, ઠ, ડ, ઢ, ણ, ત, થ, દ, ધ, ન, પ, ફ, બ, ભ, મ, ય, ર, લ, વ, શ, ષ, સ, હ, ળ, ક્ષ, જ્ઞ [edit]
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Old Gujarati ए (e), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀲𑁄 m (eso), 𑀏𑀲𑀸 f (esā), from Sanskrit एषः m (eṣaḥ), एषा f (eṣā), a compound of Proto-Indo-European *éy + *só. Cognate with Bengali এ (e), Hindi यह (yah).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈeː/
Pronoun
[edit]એ • (e)
Usage notes
[edit]- Informal version of તે (te).
- Traditionally, especially among Hindus, a person would not refer to their spouse by name and referred to each other as એ (e).
See also
[edit]Gujarati personal pronouns
1st pn. | 2nd pn. | 3rd pn. (personal & demonstrative) | |||||||||
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Singular | Plural | Singular & Informal |
Plural/ Formal |
Proximal | Distal | ||||||
Inclusive | Exclusive | Informal | Formal | Informal | Formal | ||||||
Singular | Plural† | Singular | Plural† | ||||||||
Nominative | હું (hũ) | આપણે (āpaṇe) | અમે (ame) | તું (tũ) | તમે (tame) | આ (ā) | આઓ (āo) | તે (te), એ (e) | તેઓ (teo) | ||
Ergative | મેં (mẽ) | તેં (tẽ) | આણે (āṇe) | આઓએ (āoe) | આમણે (āmaṇe) | તેણે (teṇe)‡, એણે (eṇe) | તેઓએ (teoe)‡, એઓએ (eoe) | તેમણે (temṇe)‡, એમણે (emaṇe) | |||
Dative | મને (mane) | આપણને (āpaṇne) | અમને (amane) | તને (tane) | તમને (tamne) | આને (āne) | આઓને (āone) | આમને (āmane) | તેને (tene)‡, એને (ene) | તેઓને (teone)‡, એઓને (eone) | તેમને (temne)‡, એમને (emane) |
Genitive | મારું (mārũ) | આપણું (āpaṇũ) | અમારું (amārũ) | તારું (tārũ) | તમારું (tamārũ) | આનું (ānũ) | આઓનું (āonũ) | આમનું (āmanũ) | તેનું (tenũ)‡, એનું (enũ) | તેઓનું (teonũ)‡, એઓનું (eonũ) | તેમનું (temnũ)‡, એમનું (emanũ) |
† Note: The plural forms of the 3rd person are optional and are considered formal. Often, instead, એ બધા (e badhā), or એ લોકો (e loko) is used instead. ‡ Note: These forms are considered more formal.
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