ഈ is the fourth letter of the Malayalam script.[1][2] It is an independent vowel letter that represents the long close front unrounded vowel /iː/.[3] In the Malayalam abugida, ഈ is classified as a guru (long vowel), a category that influences metrical rules in poetry and grammatical sandhi.[4]
↑Steever, Sanford B. (2015). The Dravidian Languages. Routledge.