एव

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • eva (Latin script)
  • 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
  • এৰ (Bengali script)
  • එව (Sinhalese script)
  • ဧဝ or ဨဝ or ဢေဝ (Burmese script)
  • เอว or เอวะ (Thai script)
  • ᩑᩅ (Tai Tham script)
  • ເອວ or ເອວະ (Lao script)
  • ឯវ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
  • va (Latin script)
  • 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
  • व (Devanagari script)
  • ৰ (Bengali script)
  • ව (Sinhalese script)
  • ဝ (Burmese script)
  • ว or วะ (Thai script)
  • ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
  • ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
  • វ (Khmer script)
  • 𑅇 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
  • yeva (Latin script)
  • 𑀬𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
  • येव (Devanagari script)
  • যেৰ (Bengali script)
  • යෙව (Sinhalese script)
  • ယေဝ (Burmese script)
  • เยว or เยวะ (Thai script)
  • ᨿᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
  • ເຍວ or ເຍວະ or ເຢວະ (Lao script)
  • យេវ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄠𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
  • ñeva (Latin script)
  • 𑀜𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
  • ञेव (Devanagari script)
  • ঞেৰ (Bengali script)
  • ඤෙව (Sinhalese script)
  • ဉေဝ or ၺေဝ (Burmese script)
  • เญว or เญวะ (Thai script)
  • ᨬᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
  • ເຎວ or ເຎວະ (Lao script)
  • ញេវ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄐𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

Particle

एव

  1. Devanagari script form of eva (“even”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬏᬯ (Balinese script)
  • এৱ (Assamese script)
  • এব (Bengali script)
  • 𑰊𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌏𑌵 (Grantha script)
  • એવ (Gujarati script)
  • ਏਵ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦌꦮ (Javanese script)
  • ឯវ (Khmer script)
  • ಏವ (Kannada script)
  • ເອວ (Lao script)
  • ഏവ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘊𑘪 (Modi script)
  • ᠧᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡝᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ဧဝ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦪𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐊𑐰 (Newa script)
  • ଏଵ (Odia script)
  • ꢍꢮ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆍𑆮 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖊𑖪 (Siddham script)
  • එව (Sinhalese script)
  • ஏவ (Tamil script)
  • ఏవ (Telugu script)
  • เอว (Thai script)
  • ཨེ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒋𑒫 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas. Compare Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (aēuua).

Pronunciation

Particle

एव • (evá) (Vedic aivá)

  1. so, just so
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.108.09:
      evā́ ca tváṃ sarama ājagántha prábādhitā sáhasā dáivyena
      svásāraṃ tvā kṛṇavai mā́ púnar gā 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.
  2. indeed, truly
  3. just, exactly, as; alone, only
  4. an emphatic particle
Usage notes

In later Sanskrit, एवम् (evám) replaces these senses of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Etymology 2

From the root इ (i, “to go”).

Adjective

एव • (éva) stem (Vedic áiva)

  1. speedy, quick
    Synonym: शीघ्र (śīghra)
    • TBr

Noun

एव • (éva) stem, m (Vedic áiva)

  1. way, course
    Synonym: पथ (patha)
  2. earth, the world
  3. horse
    Synonym: अश्व (aśva)
  4. conduct, manner, custom
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References
  • 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]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 270
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