अभी

See also: अभि and अभि-

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

अब (ab, “now”) + ही (hī)

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.bʱiː/, [ɐ.bʱiː]

Adverb edit

अभी • (abhī) (Urdu spelling ابھی)

right now
वो मुझे बताया कि अभी आ जाएगा
vo mujhe batāyā ki abhī ā jāegā
He told me he'll come right away.
just now
मेरा भाई अभी सो गया
merā bhāī abhī so gayā
My brother just went to sleep.

Coordinate terms edit

Hindi correlatives

type		interrogative	relative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	indefinite
basic	non-emphatic	कौन (kaun, “who?”), क्या (kyā, “what?”)	जो (jo)	यह (yah)	वह (vah)	कुछ (kuch), कोई (koī), कुछ-न-कुछ (kuch-na-kuch), कोई-न-कोई (koī-na-koī)
basic	emphatic	-	जो भी (jo bhī)	यही (yahī)	वही (vahī)	कोई भी (koī bhī), कुछ भी (kuch bhī)
time	non-emphatic	कब (kab)	जब (jab)	अब (ab)	तब (tab)	कभी (kabhī)
time	emphatic	-	जभी (jabhī)	अभी (abhī)	तभी (tabhī)	कभी भी (kabhī bhī)
place	non-emphatic	कहाँ (kahā̃)	जहाँ (jahā̃)	यहाँ (yahā̃)	वहाँ (vahā̃)	कहीं (kahī̃, “somewhere”)
place	emphatic	-	जहीं (jahī̃)	यहीं (yahī̃)	वहीं (vahī̃)	कहीं भी (kahī̃ bhī, “anywhere”)
quantity		कितना (kitnā)	जितना (jitnā)	इतना (itnā)	उतना (utnā)	-
direction		किधर (kidhar)	जिधर (jidhar)	इधर (idhar)	उधर (udhar)	-
quality		कैसा (kaisā)	जैसा (jaisā)	ऐसा (aisā)	वैसा (vaisā), तैसा m (taisā)	कोई सा (koī sā)
manner		कैसे (kaise)	जैसे (jaise)	ऐसे (aise),	वैसे (vaise), तैसे (taise)	-
reason/manner		क्यों (kyõ)	ज्यों (jyõ)	क्योंकि (kyõki), यों (yõ)	त्यों (tyõ)

References edit

Bahri, Hardev (1989) “अभी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “अभी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
“अभी”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अभी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अभी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884) “अभी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.