एव

एव

1. Devanagari script form of eva (“even”)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas. Compare Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (aēuua).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐj.ʋɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.ʋɐ/

एव • (evá) (Vedic aivá)

1. 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.

2. indeed, truly
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
3. just, exactly, as; alone, only
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
4. an emphatic particle

In later Sanskrit, एवम् (evám) replaces these senses of एव (evá).

From the root इ (i, “to go”).

एव • (éva) stem (Vedic áiva)

1. speedy, quick

   Synonym: शीघ्र (śīghra)

   • TBr

एव • (éva) stem, m (Vedic áiva)

1. way, course

   Synonym: पथ (patha)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. earth, the world
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā)
3. horse

   Synonym: अश्व (aśva)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
4. conduct, manner, custom

• 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