Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“anger, sorrow, distress”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“anger, sorrow, distress”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
इ
देवनागरी वर्णामाला में स्वर से अंतर्गत तीसरा बर्ण । इसका उच्चारणस्थान तालु और प्रयत्न विवृत है । ई इसका दीर्घ रूप है — Śabdasāgara
इ · noun · masculine
कामदेव · १०० की संख्या — Śabdasāgara
इ
the third vowel in Hindi
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the third vowel of the alphabet, corresponding to i short, and pronounced as that letter in kill &c.
Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "i" is the vocative of "ī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "i" is the vocative of "e" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "i" is the vocative of "ai" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
1. i the third vowel of the alphabet, corresponding to i short, and pronounced as that letter in kill &c.
2. i ind. an interjection of anger, calling, sorrow, distress, compassion, &c., (g. cādi, Pāṇ. i, 4, 57, &c.)
3. i base of Nom. and Acc. sg. du. and pl. of the demonstrative pronoun idam, ‘this’ or ‘that’
i [cf. itara, itas, iti, id, idā, iyat, iva, iha: cf. also Lat. id; Goth. ita; Eng. it; Old Germ. iz; Mod. Germ. es.]
4. i m. N. of Kāmadeva, L.
1. ī the fourth letter of the alphabet, corresponding to i long, and having the sound of ee in feel.
2. ī m. N. of Kandarpa, the god of love, L.
1. e the eleventh vowel of the alphabet (corresponding to the letter e as pronounced in prey, grey).
2. e ind. an interjection, MaitrS.
1. ai the twelfth vowel of the alphabet and having the sound of ei in height.
2. ai ind. an interjection, MaitrS.
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