अभि
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অভি (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬪᬶ (Balinese script)
- অভি (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰥𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀪𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- အဘိ (Burmese script)
- અભિ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਭਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌭𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦨꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂦𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಭಿ (Kannada script)
- អភិ (Khmer script)
- ອຠິ (Lao script)
- അഭി (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢨᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘥𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠪᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧅𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐨𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଅଭି (Odia script)
- ꢂꢩꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆨𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖥𑖰 (Siddham script)
- අභි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩳𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚡𑚮 (Takri script)
- அபி⁴ (Tamil script)
- అభి (Telugu script)
- อภิ (Thai script)
- ཨ་བྷི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒦𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨡𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Habʰí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Habʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”). Cognate with Latin ambi-, Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (abiy, “towards, against, upon”), Old High German umbi, Old Irish imb (“around”).
Possibly at the same time a continuation of the ancestor of Proto-Slavic *o(b).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.bʱí/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.bʱi/
Preposition
अभि • (abhí)
- (with accusative) to, towards, in the direction of, against
- for, for the sake of
- on account of
- on, upon, with regard to, by, before, in front of
- over. It may even express one after the other, severally
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अभि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 61, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 91-92