हि

Sanskrit

particle
Definitions
  • for, because, on account of (never standing first in a sentence, but generally after the first word and used enclitically, sometimes after pronouns)
  • just, pray, do (with an imperative or potential emphatically; sometimes with indicative)
  • indeed, assuredly, surely, of course, certainly
  • often a mere expletive, especially to avoid a hiatus, sometimes repeated in the same sentence; hi is also said to be an interjection of "envy", "contempt", "hurry" etc.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰí inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰí, *ȷ́ʰi inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʰe, *ǵʰi.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʰe, *ǵʰi

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