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