Learned borrowing fromSanskritइह(ihá),doublet ofयहाँ(yahā̃).
इह• (ih) (Urdu spellingاہہ)
- here, in thisplace orworld
- Platts, John T. (1884), “इह”, inA dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “इह”, inThe Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Alternative scripts
- ইহ(Assamese script)
- ᬇᬳ(Balinese script)
- ইহ(Bengali script)
- 𑰂𑰮(Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀇𑀳(Brahmi script)
- ဣဟ(Burmese script)
- ઇહ(Gujarati script)
- ਇਹ(Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌇𑌹(Grantha script)
- ꦆꦲ(Javanese script)
- 𑂅𑂯(Kaithi script)
- ಇಹ(Kannada script)
- ឥហ(Khmer script)
- ອິຫ(Lao script)
- ഇഹ(Malayalam script)
- ᡳᡥᠠ(Manchu script)
- 𑘂𑘮(Modi script)
- ᠢᠾᠠ᠋(Mongolian script)
- 𑦢𑧎(Nandinagari script)
- 𑐂𑐴(Newa script)
- ଇହ(Odia script)
- ꢄꢲ(Saurashtra script)
- 𑆅𑆲(Sharada script)
- 𑖂𑖮(Siddham script)
- ඉහ(Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩑𑪂(Soyombo script)
- 𑚂𑚩(Takri script)
- இஹ(Tamil script)
- ఇహ(Telugu script)
- อิห(Thai script)
- ཨི་ཧ(Tibetan script)
- 𑒃𑒯(Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨁𑨱(Zanabazar Square script)
FromProto-Indo-Aryan*Hidʰá, fromProto-Indo-Iranian*Hidʰá, fromProto-Indo-European*h₁i-dʰe(“here”).[1] ComparePaliidha,Avestan𐬌𐬛𐬁(idā),𐬌𐬜𐬀(iδa),Ashokan Prakrit𑀇𑀥(idha).
इह• (ihá)[2]
- here; inthis (place)
c. 1500BCE – 1000BCE,
Ṛgveda6.54.22:
- पूषन्तव व्रते वयं न रिष्येम कदा चन ।
स्तोतारस्तइह स्मसि ॥- pūṣantava vrate vayaṃ na riṣyema kadā cana.
stotārastaiha smasi. - Secure in thy protecting care, O Pūṣan, never may we fail.
Here we are singers of thy praise.
- now
- → Hindi:इह(ih)
- → Urdu:اهہ(ih)
- → Malayalam:ഇഹം(ihaṁ)
- → Telugu:ఇహము(ihamu)
- → Kannada:ಇಹ(iha)
- ^Lubotsky, Alexander (2011),The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- ^Monier Williams (1899), “इह”, inA Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At theClarendon Press,→OCLC, page169.
