इह

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /iːɦ/, [iːʱ]

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

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ইহ (Assamese script)
• ᬇᬳ (Balinese script)
• ইহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• ဣဟ (Burmese script)
• ઇહ (Gujarati script)
• ਇਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌇𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦆꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂅𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ಇಹ (Kannada script)
• ឥហ (Khmer script)
• ອິຫ (Lao script)
• ഇഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘂𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᠢᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦢𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐴 (Newa script)
• ଇହ (Odia script)
• ꢄꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖮 (Siddham script)
• ඉහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚂𑚩 (Takri script)
• இஹ (Tamil script)
• ఇహ (Telugu script)
• อิห (Thai script)
• ཨི་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hidʰá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hidʰá, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁i-dʰe- (“here”). Compare Pali idha, Avestan 𐬌𐬛𐬁 (idā), 𐬌𐬜𐬀 (iδa), Ashokan Prakrit 𑀇𑀥 (idha).

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

इह • (ihá)

1. here; in this (place)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.54.22:

     पूषन्तव व्रते वयं न रिष्येम कदा चन ।
     स्तोतारस्त इह स्मसि ॥

     pūṣantava vrate vayaṃ na riṣyema kadā cana.
     stotārasta iha smasi.

     Secure in thy protecting care, O Pūṣan, never may we fail.
     Here we are singers of thy praise.

2. now

Derived terms

• इहेह (ihéha)

Descendants

• → Hindi: इह (ih)
• → Urdu: اهہ (ih)
• → Malayalam: ഇഹം (ihaṁ)
• → Telugu: ఇహము (ihamu)
• → Kannada: ಇಹ (iha)