-ई
हिन्दी
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-ई¹
- /iː/ Hindi, Standard
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
Inherited from Old Hindi -ई (-ī), from Prakrit -इया (-iyā), -ई (-ī), from Sanskrit -इका (-ikā), -ई (-ī) and also influenced by Sanskrit -ई (-ī). Doublet of -इका (-ikā). See -इयाँ (-iyā̃), -इयों (-iyõ), and -इयो (-iyo) for the etymologies of those endings specifically.
suffix -ī · ـی · -ई · -इयाँ · -इयों
- suffix forming feminine equivalents from masculine nouns लड़का (laṛkā, “boy”) + -ई (-ī) → लड़की (laṛkī, “girl”)
- suffix forming diminutive nouns from masculine nouns कटोरा (kaṭorā, “bowl”) + -ई (-ī) → कटोरी (kaṭorī, “little bowl, cup”)
-ई²
- /iː/ Hindi, Standard
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Sanskrit -ई (-ī), the nominative singular form of Sanskrit -इन् (-in, “doer, possessor”).
suffix -ī · ـی · -ई · -इयों
- -er; forms masculine agentive nouns यात्रा (yātrā, “travel”) + -ई (-ī) → यात्री (yātrī, “traveller”)
-ई³
- /iː/ Hindi, Standard
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
* Prakrit -इय (-iya), from both Sanskrit -इक (-ika) and -ईय (-īya). Doublet of -इक (-ik) and -ईय (-īya).
* Classical Persian ـِی (-ī, adjectival), ultimately related to the Sanskrit term above.
* Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba), through Classical Persian ـِی (-ī).
* Sanskrit -ई (-ī), the nominative case of -इन् (-in), used as an adjective.
suffix -ī · ـی
- -y, -ic, -ous; forms relational adjectives सुख (sukh, “happiness”) + -ई (-ī) → सुखी (sukhī, “happy”)
- -ese, -i; forms demonyms, genonyms, or language names पंजाब (pañjāb, “Punjab”) + -ई (-ī) → पंजाबी (pañjābī, “Punjabi”)
-ई⁴
- /iː/ Hindi, Standard
Rhymes with -iː
suffix -ī · ـی · -ई · -इयाँ · -इयों
- -ness, -ship, -hood; forms abstract nouns from adjectives or common nouns दोस्त (dost, “friend”) + -ई (-ī) → दोस्ती (dostī, “friendship”)
-ई⁵
- /iː/ Hindi, Standard
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
See Etymology 1.
adjective -ī
- inflection feminine ending for general marked adjectives in -आ (-ā)
- direct/oblique/vocative feminine singular/plural of -आ (-ā)
-ई⁶
- /iː/ Hindi, Standard
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
From Prakrit -इया (-iyā), from the feminine of -इत (-ita). The plural is formally -ईं (-ī̃).
suffix -ī
- forms the feminine of verbal past participle with the masculine in -आ (-ā) (or -या (-yā), -इया (-iyā)) लिया m (liyā) + -ई (-ī) → ली f (lī)
In English
Talk about this word "-ई." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hi/-%E0%A4%88. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. -ई. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hi/-%E0%A4%88 "-ई." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hi/-%E0%A4%88.Cite this
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title = {-ई},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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