Gujarati letter ai

ઐ is the Gujarati ai vowel letter for a glide from “a” toward “i”; use it at a word or syllable start. After a consonant, use the dependent sign ૈ, as in કૈ.

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What ઐ means

It is the standalone letter for Gujarati’s ai vowel.

Gujarati teaching describes its sound as a blend of the vowel sounds in અ and ઇ. The script developed from a Nagari-related tradition. Old Gujarati was literary by the 12th century; a commentary on the Jain teaching text Upadeśamālā is dated 1487.

At a word or syllable start, write ઐ; after a consonant, use the dependent sign ૈ, as in કૈ. Phonetic input maps ai to ઐ; InScript has an independent-vowel key. Unicode encodes one letter, not અ ૈ.

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અ

Gujarati Alphabet & Letters

Who writes ઐ

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Don't confuse it with

ૈ

Gujarati Vowel Sign Ai

This dependent ai sign attaches to a consonant, as in કૈ; ઐ stands alone.

Questions people ask

Why does ઐ show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.