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Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- eva (Latin script)
- 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- এৰ (Bengali script)
- එව (Sinhalese script)
- ဧဝ or ဨဝ or ဢေဝ (Burmese script)
- เอว or เอวะ (Thai script)
- ᩑᩅ (Tai Tham script)
- ເອວ or ເອວະ (Lao script)
- ឯវ (Khmer script)
- 𑄃𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
- va (Latin script)
- 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- व (Devanagari script)
- ৰ (Bengali script)
- ව (Sinhalese script)
- ဝ (Burmese script)
- ว or วะ (Thai script)
- ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
- ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
- វ (Khmer script)
- 𑅇 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
- yeva (Latin script)
- 𑀬𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- येव (Devanagari script)
- যেৰ (Bengali script)
- යෙව (Sinhalese script)
- ယေဝ (Burmese script)
- เยว or เยวะ (Thai script)
- ᨿᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
- ເຍວ or ເຍວະ or ເຢວະ (Lao script)
- យេវ (Khmer script)
- 𑄠𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
- ñeva (Latin script)
- 𑀜𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- ञेव (Devanagari script)
- ঞেৰ (Bengali script)
- ඤෙව (Sinhalese script)
- ဉေဝ or ၺေဝ (Burmese script)
- เญว or เญวะ (Thai script)
- ᨬᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
- ເຎວ or ເຎວະ (Lao script)
- ញេវ (Khmer script)
- 𑄐𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)
Particle
एव
- Devanagari script form of eva (“even”)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- এৱ (Assamese script)
- ᬏᬯ (Balinese script)
- এব (Bengali script)
- 𑰊𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- ဧဝ (Burmese script)
- એવ (Gujarati script)
- ਏਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌏𑌵 (Grantha script)
- ꦌꦮ (Javanese script)
- 𑂉𑂫 (Kaithi script)
- ಏವ (Kannada script)
- ឯវ (Khmer script)
- ເອວ (Lao script)
- ഏവ (Malayalam script)
- ᡝᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘊𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᠧᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦪𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐊𑐰 (Newa script)
- ଏଵ (Odia script)
- ꢍꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆍𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖊𑖪 (Siddham script)
- එව (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩔𑩾 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚆𑚦 (Takri script)
- ஏவ (Tamil script)
- ఏవ (Telugu script)
- เอว (Thai script)
- ཨེ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒋𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨄𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas. Compare Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (aēuua).
Pronunciation
Particle
एव • (evá) (Vedic aivá)
- so, just so
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 10.108.09:
- ए॒वा च॒ त्वं स॑रम आज॒गन्थ॒ प्रबा॑धिता॒ सह॑सा॒ दैव्ये॑न ।
स्वसा॑रं त्वा कृणवै॒ मा पुन॑र्गा॒ अप॑ ते॒ गवां॑ सुभगे भजाम ॥- evā́ ca tváṃ sarama ājagántha prábādhitā sáhasā daívyena .
svásāraṃ tvā kṛṇavai mā́ púnargā ápa te gávāṃ subhage bhajāma . - Even thus, O Sarama, hast thou come hither, forced by celestial might to make the journey.
Turn thee not back, for thou shalt be our sister: O Blest One, we will give thee of the cattle.
- indeed, truly
- just, exactly, as; alone, only
- an emphatic particle
Usage notes
In later Sanskrit, एवम् (evám) replaces these senses of एव (evá).
Etymology 2
From the root इ (i, “to go”).
Adjective
एव • (éva) stem (Vedic áiva)
- speedy, quick
- Synonym: शीघ्र (śīghra)
Noun
एव • (éva) stem, m (Vedic áiva)
- way, course
- Synonym: पथ (patha)
- earth, the world
- horse
- Synonym: अश्व (aśva)
- conduct, manner, custom
Declension
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “एव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 232/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 270