एधि

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

এধি (Assamese script)
ᬏᬥᬶ (Balinese script)
এধি (Bengali script)
𑰊𑰠𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀏𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဧဓိ (Burmese script)
એધિ (Gujarati script)
ਏਧਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌏𑌧𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦌꦣꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂉𑂡𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಏಧಿ (Kannada script)
ឯធិ (Khmer script)
ເອຘິ (Lao script)
ഏധി (Malayalam script)
ᡝᢡᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘊𑘠𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠧᢑᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦪𑧀𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐊𑐢𑐶 (Newa script)
ଏଧି (Odia script)
ꢍꢤꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆍𑆣𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖊𑖠𑖰 (Siddham script)
එධි (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩔𑩮𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚆𑚜𑚮 (Takri script)
ஏதி⁴ (Tamil script)
ఏధి (Telugu script)
เอธิ (Thai script)
ཨེ་དྷི (Tibetan script)
𑒋𑒡𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨄𑨜𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hₐzdʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ₔsdʰí (2nd person singular imperative of *h₁es- (“to be”)). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬛𐬍 (zdī, “be!”, 2nd person singular imperative of 𐬀𐬵- (ah-, “to be”)), Ancient Greek ἴσθι (ísthi, 2nd person singular imperative of εἰμῐ́ (eimĭ́, “to be”)).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐj.dʱí/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /eː.d̪ʱi/

Verb

एधि • (edhí)

second-person singular imperative of अस् (as, “to be”)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.91.15:
  उ॒रु॒ष्या णो॑ अ॒भिश॑स्तेः॒ सोम॒ नि पा॒ह्यंह॑सः ।
  सखा॑ सु॒शेव॑ एधि नः ॥
  uruṣyā́ ṇo abhíśasteḥ sóma ní pāhyáṃhasaḥ.
  sákhā suśéva edhi naḥ.
  Save us from slanderous reproach, keep us, O Soma, from distress:
  Be a gracious friend to us.