એ


એ U+0A8F, એ
GUJARATI LETTER E
[unassigned: U+0A8E]
← ઍ
[U+0A8D] 		Gujarati ઐ →
[U+0A90]
See also: -એ

Gujarati

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eː/, /ɛ/, /æ/

Letter

એ • (e)

  1. The eighth letter of the Gujarati script.
See also
  • (matra): ે (e)

Etymology 2

Inherited 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

Pronoun

એ • (e)

  1. third person singular distal personal pronoun: he, she, it
Usage notes
  • 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
Gujarati personal pronouns
1st pn. 2nd pn. 3rd pn. (personal & demonstrative)
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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