होइ

Old Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Sanskrit भव॑ति (bhávati)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺 (bhavati)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑀺 (hoti)

Prakrit 𑀳𑁄𑀇 (hoi)

Old Hindi होइ (hoi)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀳𑁄𑀇 (hoi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑀺 (hoti), from 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺 (bhavati), from Sanskrit भव॑ति (bhávati), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

Verb

होइ (hoi)

1. third-person singular present of होना (honā)

   Synonyms: है (hai), आहि (āhi)

Descendants

• Hindi: हो (ho)
• Urdu: ہو (ho)

References

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 374