इब

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Old Hindi

Etymology

Perhaps (i, this) +‎ अब (aba, marker of time in adverbs).[1]

Adverb

इब (iba)[2]

  1. now, at this time
    • c. 1450 – 1520, Ravidas :
      भणैं रैदास उदास ताही थैं, इब कछू मोपैं करी न जाई।
      आपौ खोयां भगति होत है, तब रहै अंतरि उरझाई॥
      bhaṇa͠i raidās udās tāhī tha͠i, ib kachū mopa͠i karī na jāī.
      āpau khoyā̃ bhagti hot hai, tab rahai antri urjhāī.

References

  1. ^ Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 281
  2. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “इब”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha