इह

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit इह (ihá), doublet of यहाँ (yahā̃).

Pronunciation

Adverb

इह (ih) (Urdu spelling اہہ)

  1. here, in this place or world

References

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

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]

  1. 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.
  2. now

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Hindi: इह (ih)
  • Urdu: اهہ (ih)
  • Malayalam: ഇഹം (ihaṁ)
  • Telugu: ఇహము (ihamu)
  • Kannada: ಇಹ (iha)

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
  2. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “इह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 169.