हि

{ hi }

बर'/बड़ो (Bodo) WN

See : जि, सि

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

अ.  देखील ; आणखी . [ सं . अपि ? ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

हि    1. ( cf. √ हय्) cl. 5. P. ( [Dhātup. xxvii, 11]) हिनो॑ति ( Ved. also हिनुते॑, हि॑न्वति and हिन्व॑ति, °ते; p. हिन्वान॑ [with act. and pass. sense] [RV.]; ह॑यत्, [RV.]; [TS.; 1] : sg. हिषे, [RV.]; pf. जिघाय, जिघ्युः, [Br.] &c.; जिघ्ये [with pass. sense] [Bhaṭṭ.]; aor. अ॑हेम अ॑हेम, अह्यन्, हेत p. हियान॑ [with pass. sense] [RV.]; अह्यम् [?], अ॑हैत्, [AV.]; अहैषीत्, [Br.]; अहेषत, [RV.]; fut. हेता Gr.; हेष्यति, [MBh.] &c.; inf. -ह्ये॑, [RV.]),

to send forth, set in motion, impel, urge on, hasten on ( Ā. also intrans.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; KātyŚr.;

to stimulate or incite to ( dat.), [RV.];

to assist or help to ( dat.), ib.;

to discharge, hurl, cast, shoot, [RV.];

to convey, bring, procure, ib.; [ŚBr.];

to forsake, abandon, get rid of [Bhaṭṭ.];

( हिन्वति) to gladden, delight, [Dhātup. xv, 82] :

Pass. हीयते ( aor. अहायि) Gr.:

Caus. हायुयति ( aor. अजीहयत्), ib. :

Desid. of Caus. जिहापयिषति, ib. :

Desid. जिघीषति, ib. :

Intens. जेघीयते, जेघयीति, जेघेति, ib.
हि  n.  2. ind. (used as a particle [ cf. ह and घ] and usually denoting) for, because, on account of (never standing first in a sentence, but generally after the first word and used enclitically, sometimes after pronouns; e.g. स॑र्वो हि॑ पृ॑तना जिगीषति, ‘for everybody wishes to win battles’; भवान् हि प्रमाणम्, ‘for your honour is the authority’; तथा हि, ‘for example’, ‘accordingly’; न॑ हि॑ or नहि॑, ‘for not’, ‘not at all’), [RV.] &c. &c.
पश्यामो हि   just, pray, do (with an Impv. or Pot. emphatically; sometimes with Indic., e.g., ‘we will just see’), ib.
हि वै   indeed, assuredly, surely, of course, certainly (, ‘most assuredly’; हि-तु or हि-पुनर्, ‘indeed-but’; often a mere expletive, esp. to avoid a hiatus, sometimes repeated in the same sentence; हि is also said to be an interjection of ‘envy’, ‘contempt’, ‘hurry’ &c.), ib.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

हि [hi]   ind. (Never used at the beginning of a sentence) It has the following senses:
For, because (expressing a strict or logical reason); अग्निरिहास्ति धूमो हि दृश्यते G. M.; [R.5.1.]
Indeed, surely; देव प्रयोगप्रधानं हि नाठ्यशास्त्रम् [M.1;] न हि कमलिनीं दृष्ट्वा ग्राहमवेक्षते मतङ्गजः [M. 3.]
For instance, as is well known; प्रजानामेव भूत्यर्थ स ताभ्यो बलिमग्रहीत् । सहस्रगुणमुत्स्रष्टुमादत्ते हि रसं रविः [R.1.18.]
Only, alone (to emphasize an idea); मूढो हि मदनेना- यास्यते [K.155.]
Sometimes it is used merely as an expletive.
हि [hi]   5 P. (हिनोति, हित; caus. हाययति; desid. जिघीषति)
To send forth, impel.
To cast, throw, discharge, shoot; गदा शक्रजिता जिध्ये [Bk.14.36.]
To excite, incite, urge.
To promote, further.
To gratify, please, exhilarate.
To go or proceed.
To forsake, abandon; सर्वेषु भूतेष्वधियज्ञमीशं यजस्व योगेन च कर्म हिन्वन् [Bhāg.7.1.12.]

Shabda-Sagara

हि   r. 5th cl. ( हिनीति)
1. To go.
2. To send.
3. To grow or increase.
4. To be in pain.
5. To Throw.
6. To excite, to urge.
7. To promote, to further.
8. To please, to gratify.
With प्र,
1. To discharge, to throw.
2. To send forth.
हि   Ind. A particle expressing:--1. Because, for, on account of.
2. Assuredly, certainly, (assertion.).
3. Indeed, surely, (interrogation.) 4. For instance.
5. Only, alone.
6. A particle, implying difference or distinction.
7. An expletive.
8. Ah, alas.
9. An interjection of envy or contempt.
10. An interjection of hurry.
E. हि to go, विच् aff; or हा to abandon, or हि to go, डि aff.

ROOTS:

हि विच् हा हि डि