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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit इह ( ihá ) , doublet of यहाँ ( yahā̃ ) .
Pronunciation
Adverb
इह • (ih ) (Urdu spelling اہہ )
here , in this place or world
References
Platts, John T. (1884 ) “इह ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English , London: W. H. Allen & Co.
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993 ) “इह ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary , London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
ইহ ( Assamese script ) ᬇᬳ ( Balinese script ) ইহ ( Bengali script ) 𑰂𑰮 ( Bhaiksuki script ) 𑀇𑀳 ( Brahmi script ) ဣဟ ( Burmese script ) ઇહ ( Gujarati script ) ਇਹ ( Gurmukhi script ) 𑌇𑌹 ( Grantha script ) ꦆꦲ ( Javanese script ) 𑂅𑂯 ( Kaithi script ) ಇಹ ( Kannada script ) ឥហ ( Khmer script ) ອິຫ ( Lao script ) ഇഹ ( Malayalam script ) ᡳᡥᠠ ( Manchu script ) 𑘂𑘮 ( Modi script ) ᠢᠾᠠ᠋ ( Mongolian script ) 𑦢𑧎 ( Nandinagari script ) 𑐂𑐴 ( Newa script ) ଇହ ( Odia script ) ꢄꢲ ( Saurashtra script ) 𑆅𑆲 ( Sharada script ) 𑖂𑖮 ( Siddham script ) ඉහ ( Sinhalese script ) 𑩐𑩑𑪂 ( Soyombo script ) 𑚂𑚩 ( Takri script ) இஹ ( Tamil script ) ఇహ ( Telugu script ) อิห ( Thai script ) ཨི་ཧ ( Tibetan script ) 𑒃𑒯 ( Tirhuta script ) 𑨀𑨁𑨱 ( Zanabazar Square script )
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hidʰá , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hidʰá , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁i-dʰe- ( “ here ” ) .[ 1] Compare Pali idha , Avestan 𐬌𐬛𐬁 ( idā ) , 𐬌𐬜𐬀 ( iδa ) , Ashokan Prakrit 𑀇𑀥 ( idha ) .
Pronunciation
Adverb
इह • (ihá )[ 2]
here ; in this (place )
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE ,
Ṛgveda 6.54.22 :
पूषन्तव व्रते वयं न रिष्येम कदा चन । स्तोतारस्त इह स्मसि ॥ pūṣantava vrate vayaṃ na riṣyema kadā cana. stotārasta iha smasi. Secure in thy protecting care, O Pūṣan, never may we fail.Here we are singers of thy praise.
now
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Hindi: इह ( ih )
→ Urdu: اهہ ( ih )
→ Malayalam: ഇഹം ( ihaṁ )
→ Telugu: ఇహము ( ihamu )
→ Kannada: ಇಹ ( iha )
References
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011 ) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
^ Monier Williams (1899 ) “इह ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press , →OCLC , page 169 .