इह

इह

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɪɦ/

Adverb

इह • (ih) (Urdu spelling اهہ‎)

1. here, in this place or world

References

• Platts, John T. (1884), “इह”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “इह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Sanskrit

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).

The form ihá was generalized in Vedic to conform with other place-based adverbs ending in -ha, whereas the Middle Indo-Aryan languages generalized -dha.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /i.ɦɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɦɐ/

Adverb

इह • (ihá)[2]

1. here; in this (place)

   तेनेह न ― teneha na ― the rule does not apply here (literally, “therefore not in this case”)

2. now

Related terms

• इहेह (ihéha)

Descendants

(taking Sanskrit as representative for all Old Indo-Aryan):

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀇𑀥 (idha)
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀇𑀳 (iha)
    • Awadhi: इहाँ (ihā̃)
  • Khasa Prakrit:
    • Nepali: यहाँ (yahā̃)
  • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀇𑀥 (idha)
    • Chakma: 𑄃𑄨𑄘𑄪 (idu) ? -->
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀇𑀳 (iha)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀇𑀥 (idha)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: यहाँ (yahā̃)

      Urdu: یہاں‎ (yahā̃)

• Pali: idha
• → Hindi: इह (ih)
• → Urdu: اهہ‎ (ih)

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 458052227, page 169.