इहि
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬇᬳᬶ (Balinese script)
- ইহি (Assamese script)
- ইহি (Bengali script)
- 𑰂𑰮𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀇𑀳𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌇𑌹𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ઇહિ (Gujarati script)
- ꦆꦲꦶ (Javanese script)
- ឥហិ (Khmer script)
- ಇಹಿ (Kannada script)
- ອິຫິ (Lao script)
- 𑘂𑘮𑘱 (Modi script)
- ဣဟိ (Burmese script)
- 𑦢𑧎𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐂𑐴𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଇହି (Oriya script)
- ꢄꢲꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆅𑆲𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖂𑖮𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ఇహి (Telugu script)
- อิหิ (Thai script)
- ཨིཧི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒃𑒯𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hidʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁idʰí (2nd person singular imperative of *h₁ey- (“to come”)). Cognate with Avestan 𐬌𐬛𐬍 (idī, 2nd person singular imperative), Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎮𐎹 (p-r-di-y /(pari-)idiy/, 2nd person singular imperative), Ancient Greek ἴθῐ (íthi, 2nd person singular imperative of εἶμῐ (eîmi)).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /i.ɦí/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈi.ɦi/
Verb
इहि • (ihí)
- second-person singular imperative of इ (i, “to come, approach”)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.98.1:
- बृहस्पते प्रति मे देवताम्इहि मित्रो वा यद्वरुणो वासि पूषा ।
- bṛhaspate prati me devatāmihi mitro vā yadvaruṇo vāsi pūṣā .
- Come, whether you are Mitra, Varuṇa, or Pūṣan, come, O Bṛhaspati, to my oblation
- बृहस्पते प्रति मे देवताम्इहि मित्रो वा यद्वरुणो वासि पूषा ।