Sometime back, we have covered the topic of joining in Hindi which briefly covered all kind of joining. In this topic, I would like to cover only the short joining in vowels.

By short joining of vowels, I mean, when a word comes out of an combination of two short vowels .

Below you will find 3 groups of such joining which produces the long vowel combination. Have a careful look on the given examples.

1. Joining of अ (a) and आ (ā)

a. अ (a) + अ (a) = आ (ā)
अन्न (Ann – Wheat/Food Grain) + अभाव (Abhav – Scarcity) = अन्नाभाव (Annabhav – Scarcity of Wheat/Food Grain)

b. अ (a) + आ (ā) = आ (ā)
परम (Param – Ultimate) + आत्मा (Aatma – Spirit) = परमात्मा (Parmaatma – God)

c. आ (ā) + अ (a) = आ (ā)
रेखा (Rekha – Line) + अंकित (Aankit – Marked) = रेखांकित (Rekhaankit – Underlined)

2. Joining of इ (i) and ई (ī)

a. इ (i) + इ (i) = ई (ī)
रवि (Ravi – Sun) + इंद्र (Indra – God) = रवींद्र (Ravīndra – God of Earth)

b. इ (ī) + ई (ī) = ई (ī)
गिरि (Giri – Mountain) + ईश (īsh – God) = गिरीश (Girīsh – God of Mountains)

c. ई (ī) + इ (ī) = ई (ī)
मही (Mahī – Earth) + इंद्र (Indra – God) = महींद्र (Mahīndra – God of Earth)

d. ई + ई = ई
नदी (Nadī – River) + ईश (īsh – God) = नदीश (Nadīsh – God of Rivers)

3. Joining of उ (u) and ऊ (ū)

a. उ (u) + उ (u) = ऊ (ū)
गुरु (Guru – Master/Teacher) + उपदेश (Updesh – Lesson) = गुरूपदेश (Gurūpdesh – Lesson of the teacher)

b. ऊ (ū) + उ (u) = ऊ (ū)
वधू (Vadhū – Bridal) + उत्सव (Utsav – Celebration, Party) = वधूत्सव (Vadūtsav – Bridal Celebration)

c. ऊ (ū) + ऊ (ū) = ऊ (ū)
भू (Bhū – Earth, Ground) + ऊर्जा (ūrja – Energy) = भूर्जा (Bhūrja – Ground Energy)