Old Hindi

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Etymology

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Perhaps (i, this) +‎ अब (aba, marker of time in adverbs).[1]

Adverb

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इब (iba)[2]

  1. now, at this time
    • c. 1450 – 1520, Ravidas :
      भणैं रैदास उदास ताही थैं, इब कछू मोपैं करी न जाई।
      आपौ खोयां भगति होत है, तब रहै अंतरि उरझाई॥
      bhaṇa͠i raidās udās tāhī tha͠i, ib kachū mopa͠i karī na jāī.
      āpau khoyā̃ bhagti hot hai, tab rahai antri urjhāī.

References

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  1. ^ Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 281
  2. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “इब”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha