इह

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /iːɦ/, [iːʱ]

Adverb

इह • (ih) (Urdu spelling اہہ)

  1. here, in this place or world

References

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
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]

  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.
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