এহু

Old Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa एह (eha), from Prakrit एईस (eīsa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𐨀𐨅𐨡𐨁𐨭 (ediśa), from Sanskrit ঈদৃশ (īdṛśa).

Adjective

এহু (transliteration needed)

1. such
   • a. 12th c. CE, Caryā 26:

     কাজ ন কারণ জ এহু জুঅতি

     kāja na kāraṇa ja ehu juati

     There is no rhyme or reason for such an argument.

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “īdŕ̥śa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 73