"ఏ" meaning in Telugu

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Adjective

IPA: /eː/ Forms: ē [romanization]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yā. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|te|dra-pro|*yā|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Dravidian *yā, {{inh+|te|dra-pro|*yā}} Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yā Head templates: {{head|te|adjective}} ఏ • (ē)
  1. interrogative adjective; which, what.
    Sense id: en-ఏ-te-adj-e3-5GF13 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Telugu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 16 18 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 16 18 3 Disambiguation of Telugu entries with incorrect language header: 49 14 14 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Affix

IPA: /eː/ Forms: ē [romanization]
Etymology: Cognate with Tamil -ஏ (-ē). Etymology templates: {{cog|ta|-ஏ}} Tamil -ஏ (-ē) Head templates: {{head|te|affix}} ఏ • (ē)
  1. an affix denoting emphasis
    Sense id: en-ఏ-te-affix--l3MCzFG Categories (other): Telugu affixes Disambiguation of Telugu affixes: 8 37 25 29
  2. an affix denoting that a female is addressed: ఏమే (ēmē, “O woman!”)
    Sense id: en-ఏ-te-affix-8Vjda8jV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Character

IPA: /eː/ Forms: ē [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|te|letter}} ఏ • (ē)
  1. The long vowel "ē" as a in fare and eighth letter in Telugu alphabet. Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-ఏ-te-character-I56WM3x3
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "letter"
      },
      "expansion": "ఏ • (ē)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Telugu",
  "lang_code": "te",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The long vowel \"ē\" as a in fare and eighth letter in Telugu alphabet."
      ],
      "id": "en-ఏ-te-character-I56WM3x3",
      "links": [
        [
          "vowel",
          "vowel"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ఏ"
}

{
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*yā",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *yā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*yā"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yā",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yā.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "ఏ • (ē)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Telugu",
  "lang_code": "te",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "62 16 18 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 16 18 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 14 14 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Telugu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Which tree?",
          "roman": "ē ceṭṭu?",
          "text": "ఏ చెట్టు?",
          "translation": "Which tree?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "interrogative adjective; which, what."
      ],
      "id": "en-ఏ-te-adj-e3-5GF13"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ఏ"
}

{
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "-ஏ"
      },
      "expansion": "Tamil -ஏ (-ē)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Tamil -ஏ (-ē).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "affix"
      },
      "expansion": "ఏ • (ē)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Telugu",
  "lang_code": "te",
  "pos": "affix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 37 25 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Telugu affixes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "నేను (nēnu, “I”) → నేనే (nēnē, “I myself”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "వాడు (vāḍu, “that man, he”) → వాడే (vāḍē, “that very man”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "మేము (mēmu, “we”) → మేమే (mēmē, “we ourselves”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an affix denoting emphasis"
      ],
      "id": "en-ఏ-te-affix--l3MCzFG",
      "links": [
        [
          "affix",
          "affix#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an affix denoting that a female is addressed: ఏమే (ēmē, “O woman!”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ఏ-te-affix-8Vjda8jV",
      "links": [
        [
          "ఏమే",
          "ఏమే#Telugu"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ఏ"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Telugu affixes",
    "Telugu entries with incorrect language header",
    "Telugu lemmas",
    "Telugu letters"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "letter"
      },
      "expansion": "ఏ • (ē)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Telugu",
  "lang_code": "te",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The long vowel \"ē\" as a in fare and eighth letter in Telugu alphabet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vowel",
          "vowel"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ఏ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Telugu adjectives",
    "Telugu affixes",
    "Telugu entries with incorrect language header",
    "Telugu lemmas",
    "Telugu terms derived from Proto-Dravidian",
    "Telugu terms inherited from Proto-Dravidian"
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*yā",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *yā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*yā"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yā",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yā.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "ఏ • (ē)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Telugu",
  "lang_code": "te",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Telugu terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Which tree?",
          "roman": "ē ceṭṭu?",
          "text": "ఏ చెట్టు?",
          "translation": "Which tree?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "interrogative adjective; which, what."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ఏ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Telugu affixes",
    "Telugu entries with incorrect language header",
    "Telugu lemmas"
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "-ஏ"
      },
      "expansion": "Tamil -ஏ (-ē)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Tamil -ஏ (-ē).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "affix"
      },
      "expansion": "ఏ • (ē)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Telugu",
  "lang_code": "te",
  "pos": "affix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "నేను (nēnu, “I”) → నేనే (nēnē, “I myself”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "వాడు (vāḍu, “that man, he”) → వాడే (vāḍē, “that very man”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "మేము (mēmu, “we”) → మేమే (mēmē, “we ourselves”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an affix denoting emphasis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "affix",
          "affix#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an affix denoting that a female is addressed: ఏమే (ēmē, “O woman!”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ఏమే",
          "ఏమే#Telugu"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ఏ"
}

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