अब

See also: अंबु and अबे

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀳𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀁 (havvaṃ) or 𑀅𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀁 (avvaṃ), from Sanskrit अ (a, “this”) + एवम् एव (evam eva, “just now”). Compare जब (jab), तब (tab), and कब (kab).

Adverb

अब • (ab) (Urdu spelling اب)

  1. now
    अब क्या करोगे? ― ab kyā karoge? ― What will you do now?
  2. after all
    जायज़ है कि घोड़े नहीं उड़ सकते, अब वो कोई पंछी हैं क्या?
    jāyaz hai ki ghoṛe nahī̃ uṛ sakte, ab vo koī pañchī ha͠i kyā?
    It's obvious that horses can't fly, after all they are not birds, are they?

Coordinate terms
Hindi correlatives
type interrogative relative proximal demonstrative distal demonstrative indefinite
basic non-emphatic कौन (kaun, “who?”),
क्या (kyā, “what?”)		 जो (jo) यह (yah) वह (vah) कुछ (kuch), कोई (koī),
कुछ-न-कुछ (kuch-na-kuch),
कोई-न-कोई (koī-na-koī)
emphatic - जो भी (jo bhī) यही (yahī) वही (vahī) कोई भी (koī bhī), कुछ भी (kuch bhī)
time non-emphatic कब (kab) जब (jab) अब (ab) तब (tab) कभी (kabhī)
emphatic - जभी (jabhī) अभी (abhī) तभी (tabhī) कभी भी (kabhī bhī)
place non-emphatic कहाँ (kahā̃) जहाँ (jahā̃) यहाँ (yahā̃) वहाँ (vahā̃) कहीं (kahī̃, “somewhere”)
emphatic - जहीं (jahī̃) यहीं (yahī̃) वहीं (vahī̃) कहीं भी (kahī̃ bhī, “anywhere”)
quantity कितना (kitnā) जितना (jitnā) इतना (itnā) उतना (utnā) -
direction किधर (kidhar) जिधर (jidhar) इधर (idhar) उधर (udhar) -
quality कैसा (kaisā) जैसा (jaisā) ऐसा (aisā) वैसा (vaisā), तैसा m (taisā) कोई सा (koī sā)
manner कैसे (kaise) जैसे (jaise) ऐसे (aise), वैसे (vaise), तैसे (taise) -
reason/manner क्यों (kyõ) ज्यों (jyõ) क्योंकि (kyõki), यों (yõ) त्यों (tyõ)

Derived terms

References
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “अब”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “अब”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “अब”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ēvam ēva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अ (a) + एवम् एव (evam eva). Compare Hindi अब (ab).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʌbʌ]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: अबअ

Adverb

अब • (aba)

  1. now
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