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अब

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See also: अंबु and अबे

Hindi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀳𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀁 (havvaṃ) or 𑀅𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀁 (avvaṃ), from Sanskrit (a, this) + एवम् एव (evam eva, just now). Compare जब (jab), तब (tab), and कब (kab). Cognate with Bengali এবে (ebe).

Adverb

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अब (ab) (Urdu spelling اب)

  1. now
    अब क्या करोगे?ab kyā karoge?What will you do now?
  2. after all
    जायज़ है कि घोड़े नहीं उड़ सकते, अब वो कोई पंछी हैं क्या?
    jāyaz hai ki ghoṛe nahī̃ uṛ sakte, ab vo koī pañchī ha͠i kyā?
    It's obvious that horses can't fly, after all they are not birds, are they?

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Derived terms

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References

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  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “अब”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • अब”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “अब”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ēvam ēva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit (a) + एवम् एव (evam eva). Compare Hindi अब (ab).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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अब (aba)

  1. now