एवम् एव

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐj.ʋɐm ɐj.ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.ʋɐm ˈeː.ʋɐ/

Adverb

एवम् एव • (evam eva)

1. just so

Descendants

• Pali: evameva
• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀏𑀯𑀫𑁂𑀯 (evameva), 𑀳𑁂𑀯𑀫𑁂𑀯 (hevameva), 𑀳𑁂𑀫𑁂𑀯 (hemeva)
  • Prakrit: 𑀏𑀯𑀫𑁂𑀯 (evameva), 𑀏𑀫𑁂𑀯 (emeva), 𑀏𑀫𑁂𑀅 (emea), 𑀏𑀫𑀺𑀅 (emia)
    • Central:
      • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
        • Old Awadhi: इमि (imi), एवैं (evaiṃ)
      • Sauraseni Prakrit:
        • Hindustani: im
          • Hindi: इम
          • Urdu: اِم
    • Eastern:
      • Magadhi Prakrit:
        • Early Assamese: এবে (ebe), এভো (ebhö)
    • Northwestern:
      • Paisaci Prakrit:
        • Punjabi: aivẽ, ivẽ, aiũ, aĩ

          Gurmukhi script: ਐਵੇਂ, ਇਵੇਂ, ਐਉਂ, ਐਂ

          Shahmukhi script: اَیویں, اِویں, اَیءُں, اَیں

    • Southern:
      • Helu Prakrit:
        • Dhivehi: މެ (me)
        • Sinhalese: මෙව (mewa), මෙවු (mewu), මේ (mē), ම (ma)
    • Western:
      • Old Gujarati: इम (ima), हिव (hiva), हिवडां (hivaḍāṃ), हिवणां (hivaṇāṃ)
        • Gujarati: એમ (ema)
        • Old Marwari: हिव (hiv)
• Unsorted formations
  • Prakrit: 𑀳𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀁 (havvaṃ), 𑀅𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀁 (avvaṃ)
    • Hindi: अब (ab)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “evam eva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 122