एव
Pali
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Particle
[edit]एव
- Devanagari script form of eva (“even”)
Sanskrit
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- এৱ (Assamese script)
- ᬏᬯ (Balinese script)
- এব (Bengali script)
- 𑰊𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- ဧဝ (Burmese script)
- એવ (Gujarati script)
- ਏਵ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌏𑌵 (Grantha script)
- ꦌꦮ (Javanese script)
- 𑂉𑂫 (Kaithi script)
- ಏವ (Kannada script)
- ឯវ (Khmer script)
- ເອວ (Lao script)
- ഏവ (Malayalam script)
- ᡝᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘊𑘪 (Modi script)
- ᠧᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦪𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐊𑐰 (Newa script)
- ଏଵ (Odia script)
- ꢍꢮ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆍𑆮 (Sharada script)
- 𑖊𑖪 (Siddham script)
- එව (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩔𑩾 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚆𑚦 (Takri script)
- ஏவ (Tamil script)
- ఏవ (Telugu script)
- เอว (Thai script)
- ཨེ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒋𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨄𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
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Possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óywos (“one”). Compare Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (aēuua).[1]
Alternative forms
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[edit]एव • (evá)
- so, just so
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.108.9:
- ए॒वा च॒ त्वं स॑रम आज॒गन्थ॒ प्रबा॑धिता॒ सह॑सा॒ दैव्ये॑न ।
स्वसा॑रं त्वा कृणवै॒ मा पुन॑र्गा॒ अप॑ ते॒ गवां॑ सुभगे भजाम ॥- evā́ ca tváṃ sarama ājagántha prábādhitā sáhasā dáivyena.
svásāraṃ tvā kṛṇavai mā́ púnargā ápa te gávāṃ subhage bhajāma. - Even thus, O Sarama, hast thou come hither, forced by celestial might to make the journey.
Turn thee not back, for thou shalt be our sister: O Blest One, we will give thee of the cattle.
- evā́ ca tváṃ sarama ājagántha prábādhitā sáhasā dáivyena.
- ए॒वा च॒ त्वं स॑रम आज॒गन्थ॒ प्रबा॑धिता॒ सह॑सा॒ दैव्ये॑न ।
- indeed, truly
- just, exactly, as; alone, only
- an emphatic particle
Usage notes
[edit]In later Sanskrit, एवम् (evám) replaces these senses of एव (evá).
Derived terms
[edit]- एवथा (eváthā)
Etymology 2
[edit]From the root इ (i, “to go”).[2]
Pronunciation
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[edit]Noun
[edit]एव • (éva) stem, m
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | एवः (évaḥ) | एवौ (évau) एवा¹ (évā¹) |
एवाः (évāḥ) एवासः¹ (évāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | एवम् (évam) | एवौ (évau) एवा¹ (évā¹) |
एवान् (évān) |
| instrumental | एवेन (évena) | एवाभ्याम् (évābhyām) | एवैः (évaiḥ) एवेभिः¹ (évebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | एवाय (évāya) | एवाभ्याम् (évābhyām) | एवेभ्यः (évebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | एवात् (évāt) | एवाभ्याम् (évābhyām) | एवेभ्यः (évebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | एवस्य (évasya) | एवयोः (évayoḥ) | एवानाम् (évānām) |
| locative | एवे (éve) | एवयोः (évayoḥ) | एवेषु (éveṣu) |
| vocative | एव (éva) | एवौ (évau) एवा¹ (évā¹) |
एवाः (évāḥ) एवासः¹ (évāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “evá”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 270
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “éva-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 270
Further reading
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899), “एव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 232, column 2.
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