इहि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ইহি (Assamese script)
• ᬇᬳᬶ (Balinese script)
• ইহি (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰮𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀳𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဣဟိ (Burmese script)
• ઇહિ (Gujarati script)
• ਇਹਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌇𑌹𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦆꦲꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂅𑂯𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಇಹಿ (Kannada script)
• ឥហិ (Khmer script)
• ອິຫິ (Lao script)
• ഇഹി (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡥᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘂𑘮𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠢᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦢𑧎𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐴𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଇହି (Odia script)
• ꢄꢲꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆲𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖮𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ඉහි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑪂𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚂𑚩𑚮 (Takri script)
• இஹி (Tamil script)
• ఇహి (Telugu script)
• อิหิ (Thai script)
• ཨི་ཧི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒯𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨱𑨁 (Zanabazar Square 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)

1. second-person singular imperative of इ (i, “to come, approach”)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.98.1:

     बृहस्पते प्रति मे देवताम् इहि मित्रो वा यद् वरुणो वासि पूषा ।

     bṛhaspate prati me devatām ihi mitro vā yad varuṇo vāsi pūṣā.

     Come, whether you are Mitra, Varuṇa, or Pūṣan, come, O Bṛhaspati, to my oblation