एव
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
Particle edit
एव
- Devanagari script form of eva (“even”)
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- 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 edit
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas. Compare Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (aēuua).
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
- so, just so
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.108.09:
- 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 daívyena .
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 daívyena .
- 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).
Etymology 2 edit
From the root इ (i, “to go”).
Adjective edit
Noun edit
एव • (éva) stem, m (Vedic áiva)
Declension edit
| Masculine a-stem declension of एव (éva) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | एवः évaḥ |
एवौ / एवा¹ évau / évā¹ |
एवाः / एवासः¹ évāḥ / évāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | एव éva |
एवौ / एवा¹ évau / évā¹ |
एवाः / एवासः¹ évāḥ / évāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | एवम् évam |
एवौ / एवा¹ évau / évā¹ |
एवान् évān |
| Instrumental | एवेन évena |
एवाभ्याम् évābhyām |
एवैः / एवेभिः¹ évaiḥ / 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 |
| Notes |
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References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “एव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 232/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 270