-इयों

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa -इआहुं (-iā̆huṃ), from Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀇𑀕𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀁 (-igāṇāṃ), from Sanskrit -इकानाम् (-ikānām), the genitive plural ending of both -इक m (-ika) and -इका f (-ikā). [1]

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɪ.jõː/, [i.jõː]

Suffix

-इयों • (-iyõ)

  1. oblique plural of -ई m or f (-ī)
  2. oblique plural of -इया f (-iyā)

References
  1. Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 7
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