"हि" meaning in Sanskrit

See हि in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /ɦí/ [Vedic], /ɦi/ [Classical], /ɦi/ [Vedic], /ɦi/ [Classical] Forms: hí [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi. Etymology templates: {{inh|sa|inc-pro|*źʰí}} Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰí, {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*ȷ́ʰi|*ȷ́ʰí}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰí, {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*gʰe|*ǵʰi}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi Head templates: {{head|sa|particle|sc=Deva|tr=hí}} हि • (hí)
  1. for, because, on account of (never standing first in a sentence, but generally after the first word and used enclitically, sometimes after pronouns)
    Sense id: en-हि-sa-particle-AHW~NwP0 Categories (other): Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations, Sanskrit prepositions Disambiguation of Sanskrit prepositions: 31 13 3 17 31 5
  2. just, pray, do (with an imperative or potential emphatically; sometimes with indicative)
    Sense id: en-हि-sa-particle-Qip2T-RS Categories (other): Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations, Sanskrit prepositions Disambiguation of Sanskrit prepositions: 31 13 3 17 31 5
  3. indeed, assuredly, surely, of course, certainly
  4. often a mere expletive, especially to avoid a hiatus, sometimes repeated in the same sentence; hi is also said to be an interjection of "envy", "contempt", "hurry" etc.
    Sense id: en-हि-sa-particle-7pwnrC-n Categories (other): Sanskrit prepositions Disambiguation of Sanskrit prepositions: 31 13 3 17 31 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Root

IPA: /ɦi/ [Vedic], /ɦi/ [Classical] Forms: hi [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to throw, drive, wound”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*ǵʰey-|t=to throw, drive, wound}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to throw, drive, wound”) Head templates: {{head|sa|root|head=|tr=}} हि • (hi), {{sa-root}} हि • (hi)
  1. to send forth, impel, urge on, hasten on Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-हि-sa-root-51-oFuRz Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit entries with language name categories using raw markup, Sanskrit particles, Sanskrit prepositions, Sanskrit roots, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Sanskrit terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 16 9 7 23 36 10 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with language name categories using raw markup: 17 11 10 21 32 9 Disambiguation of Sanskrit particles: 13 7 6 24 40 10 Disambiguation of Sanskrit prepositions: 31 13 3 17 31 5 Disambiguation of Sanskrit roots: 89 11 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 18 12 14 20 28 9 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with redundant script codes: 17 13 12 17 27 14
  2. to stimulate or incite to Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-हि-sa-root-OQIRM-7Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: हिनोति (hinóti), हय (háya), हित (hitá), हेतु (hetú), हेति (hetí)
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for हि meaning in Sanskrit (6.7kB)

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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦí/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦi/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦi/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦi/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "हि"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Sanskrit dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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