एधि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• এধি (Assamese script)
• ᬏᬥᬶ (Balinese script)
• এধি (Bengali script)
• 𑰊𑰠𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀏𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဧဓိ (Burmese script)
• એધિ (Gujarati script)
• ਏਧਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌏𑌧𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦌꦣꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂉𑂡𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಏಧಿ (Kannada script)
• ឯធិ (Khmer script)
• ເອຘິ (Lao script)
• ഏധി (Malayalam script)
• ᡝᢡᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘊𑘠𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠧᢑᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦪𑧀𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐊𑐢𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଏଧି (Odia script)
• ꢍꢤꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆍𑆣𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖊𑖠𑖰 (Siddham script)
• එධි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩔𑩮𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚆𑚜𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஏதி⁴ (Tamil script)
• ఏధి (Telugu script)
• เอธิ (Thai script)
• ཨེ་དྷི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒋𑒡𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨄𑨜𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hₐzdʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ₔsdʰí (2nd person singular imperative of *h₁es- (“to be”)). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬛𐬍 (zdī, “be!”, 2nd person singular imperative of 𐬀𐬵- (ah-, “to be”)), Ancient Greek ἴσθι (ísthi, 2nd person singular imperative of εἰμῐ́ (eimí, “to be”)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐj.dʱí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.d̪ʱi/

Verb

एधि • (edhí)

1. second-person singular imperative of अस् (as, “to be”)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.91.15:

     उ॒रु॒ष्या णो॑ अ॒भिश॑स्तेः॒ सोम॒ नि पा॒ह्यंह॑सः ।
     सखा॑ सु॒शेव॑ एधि नः ॥

     uruṣyā́ ṇo abhíśasteḥ sóma ní pāhyáṃhasaḥ.
     sákhā suśéva edhi naḥ.

     Save us from slanderous reproach, keep us, O Soma, from distress:
     Be a gracious friend to us.