हि

Etymology

From Sanskrit हि (hi).

Postposition

हि (hi)

1. marks the dative case: to, for

   जिन्हाहि ― jinhāhi ― to whom

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-hjwəj-t.

Noun

हि (hi)

1. blood

Particle

हि • (hí)

1. for, because, on account of (never standing first in a sentence, but generally after the first word and used enclitically, sometimes after pronouns)

   सर्वो हि पृतना जिगीषति (sárvo hí pṛ́tanā jígīṣati) — for everybody wishes to win battles

   भवान् हि प्रमाणम् (bhavān hi pramāṇam) — for your honour is the authority

   तथा हि (tathā hi) — for example; accordingly

   न हि (ná hí), नहि (nahí) — for not; not at all

2. just, pray, do (with an imperative or potential emphatically; sometimes with indicative)

   पश्यामो हि (paśyāmo hi) — we will just see

3. indeed, assuredly, surely, of course, certainly

   हि वै (hí vaí) — most assuredly

   हि – तु (hi – tu), हि – पुनर् (hi – punar) — indeed – but

4. often a mere expletive, especially to avoid a hiatus, sometimes repeated in the same sentence; hi is also said to be an interjection of "envy", "contempt", "hurry" etc.