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Pali
Alternative scripts
api ( Latin script ) 𑀅𑀧𑀺 ( Brahmi script ) অপি ( Bengali script ) අපි ( Sinhalese script ) အပိ or ဢပိ ( Burmese script ) อปิ or อะปิ ( Thai script ) ᩋᨷᩥ ( Tai Tham script ) ອປິ or ອະປິ ( Lao script ) អបិ ( Khmer script ) 𑄃𑄛𑄨 ( Chakma script )
Particle
अपि (api )
Devanagari script form of api
c. 500 AD , Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar ] , page 6; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana , editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English) , Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901 :या च पन सक्कतगन्थेसु समञ्ञा घोसाति वाघोसाति वा ता पयोगे सति एत्थापि पयुज्जते Yā ca pana sakkataganthesu samaññā ghosāti vāghosāti vā tā payoge sati etthāpi payujjate. And moreover that designation either 'voiced' or 'unvoiced' which is in Sanskrit texts is applied even here when there is occasion.
Conjunction
अपि (api )
Devanagari script form of api (“even”)
Sanskrit
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অপি ( Assamese script ) ᬅᬧᬶ ( Balinese script ) অপি ( Bengali script ) 𑰀𑰢𑰰 ( Bhaiksuki script ) 𑀅𑀧𑀺 ( Brahmi script ) အပိ ( Burmese script ) અપિ ( Gujarati script ) ਅਪਿ ( Gurmukhi script ) 𑌅𑌪𑌿 ( Grantha script ) ꦄꦥꦶ ( Javanese script ) 𑂃𑂣𑂱 ( Kaithi script ) ಅಪಿ ( Kannada script ) អបិ ( Khmer script ) ອປິ ( Lao script ) അപി ( Malayalam script ) ᠠᢒᡳ ( Manchu script ) 𑘀𑘢𑘱 ( Modi script ) ᠠᢒᠢ ( Mongolian script ) 𑦠𑧂𑧒 ( Nandinagari script ) 𑐀𑐥𑐶 ( Newa script ) ଅପି ( Odia script ) ꢂꢦꢶ ( Saurashtra script ) 𑆃𑆥𑆴 ( Sharada script ) 𑖀𑖢𑖰 ( Siddham script ) අපි ( Sinhalese script ) 𑩐𑩰𑩑 ( Soyombo script ) 𑚀𑚞𑚮 ( Takri script ) அபி ( Tamil script ) అపి ( Telugu script ) อปิ ( Thai script ) ཨ་པི ( Tibetan script ) 𑒁𑒣𑒱 ( Tirhuta script ) 𑨀𑨞𑨁 ( Zanabazar Square script )
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hápi , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápi , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi . See also its usage as a prefix अपि- ( api- ) . Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐπῐ́ ( epí ) and English by .
Pronunciation
Adverb
अपि • (ápi )
and , also , moreover , besides , assuredly , surely
suppose that, perhaps
often , also , very ( often merely emphasizes or expletive )
अन्यद् अपि anyad api also another, something more
placed after an interrogative to make it an indefinite
imparts a sense of totality when placed after numerals
at the start of a sentence, create an interrogative from a declarative sentence
please ( may strengthen the original force of the potential mood or may soften the imperative mood )
For its usage in composition, see अपि- ( api- ) .
Usage notes
Used commonly in the following combinations:
अद्य ापि ( adyāpi , “ this very day, even now ” ) अपि तु ( api tu , “ but, but yet ” ) अपिच ( apica , “ as well as ” ) अप्य् अपि ( apy api , “ as well as ” ) कुत्र ापि ( “ anywhere ” ) को ऽपि ( ko ʼpi , “ anyone ” ) तथा पि ( tathāpi , “ even thus, notwithstanding ” ) न न च पि ( na nacapi , “ neither, nor ” ) न वा पि ( na vāpi , “ neither, nor ” ) न ापि वा ( “ neither, nor ” ) यद्य पि ( yadyapi , “ even if, although ” )
Descendants
Descendants show loss of a- from apocopation or collision with अभि ( abhi ) (which is itself seen in later Sanskrit, for which see अपि- ( api- ) ).
Pali: api , pi
Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀧𑀺 ( pi )
Prakrit: 𑀅𑀯𑀺 ( avi ) , 𑀯𑀺 ( vi )
Northeastern:
Sauraseni Prakrit:
Old Gujarati: अवि ( avi )
Old Hindi:
Hindi: भी ( bhī )
Urdu: بھی ( bhī )
See also descendants of किंचिद् ( kiṃcid ) or यद्यपि ( yadyapi ) .
References
Monier Williams (1899 ) “अपि ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press , →OCLC , page 55/1 .
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992 ) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan ] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 86
“अपि ” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons , Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC , page 30.