𑂅𑂯𑂰𑂀

Old Awadhi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀇𑀥 (idha), 𑀇𑀳 (iha), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀇𑀥 (idha) (compare Sanskrit 𑂅𑂯 (ihá)).

Cognates

Compare Hindustani یَہاں / यहाँ (yahā̃), Middle Gujarati अहीअं whence Gujarati અહીં (ahī̃).

Adverb

𑂅𑂯𑂰𑂀 (ihām̐ /ihā̃/) (Devanagari इहाँ)

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   • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Saṅkaṭmocan Hanumān Aṣṭak :

     𑂔𑂳 𑂥𑂱𑂢𑂰 𑂮𑂳𑂡𑂱 𑂪𑂰𑂉 𑂅𑂯𑂰𑂀 𑂣𑂏𑂳 𑂡𑂰𑂩𑂷

     ju binā sudhi lāe ihām̐ pagu dhāro

     /ju binā sudhi lāe ihā̃ pagu dhāro/

Descendants

Descendants

• Awadhi: ihā̃

  Devanagari script: इहाँ

  Kaithi script: 𑂅𑂯𑂰𑂀

• Bagheli: इहाँ (ihā̃)
• Chhattisgarhi: इहाँ (ihā̃)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ihá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 72