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এ U+098F, এ BENGALI LETTER E [unassigned: U+098D–U+098E] ← ঌ [U+098C] Bengali ঐ → [U+0990]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/, /ɛ/, /æ/

Letter

এ

1. a vowel of the Bengali script

Usage notes

• Its matra, used to modify the inherent vowel in a consonant, is written ে. For example, the first consonant ক with the matra looks like: কে.

Assamese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/ (sometimes /e/ depending on the vowel harmony)

• Audio:

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Letter

এ • (e)

1. The eighth character in the Assamese alphabet.

Bengali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/, /æ/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Letter

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এ • (e)

1. The eighth character in the Bengali abugida.

See also

• (Bengali script letters) অ,‎ আ,‎ ই,‎ ঈ,‎ উ,‎ ঊ,‎ ঋ,‎ এ,‎ ঐ,‎ ও,‎ ঔ,‎ ক,‎ খ,‎ গ,‎ ঘ,‎ ঙ,‎ চ,‎ ছ,‎ জ,‎ ঝ,‎ ঞ,‎ ট,‎ ঠ,‎ ড,‎ ঢ,‎ ণ,‎ ত,‎ থ,‎ দ,‎ ধ,‎ ন,‎ প,‎ ফ,‎ ব,‎ ভ,‎ ম,‎ য,‎ র,‎ ল,‎ শ,‎ ষ,‎ স,‎ হ,‎ ড়,‎ ঢ়,‎ য়,‎ ৎ,‎ ং,‎ ঃ,‎ ঁ ^{(Category: Bengali letters) [edit]}

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit एष (eṣa), from a compound of Proto-Indo-European *éy + só.

Pronoun

এ • (e) (objective একে (eke), possessive এর (er))

1. (informally) he, she, it
2. this

Particle

এ • (e)

1. ezafe

Bishnupriya Manipuri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/

Letter

এ (e)

1. The eighth character in the Bishnupriya Manipuri alphabet.

Kokborok

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/

Letter

এ (e)

1. The eighth character in the Tripura alphabet.