# एव
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* eva (Latin script)
* 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
* এৰ (Bengali script)
* එව (Sinhalese script)
* ဧဝ or ဨဝ or ဢေဝ (Burmese script)
* เอว or เอวะ (Thai script)
* ᩑᩅ (Tai Tham script)
* ເອວ or ເອວະ (Lao script)
* ឯវ (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)
* eva (Latin script)
* 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
* এৰ (Bengali script)
* එව (Sinhalese script)
* ဧဝ or ဨဝ or ဢေဝ (Burmese script)
* เอว or เอวะ (Thai script)
* ᩑᩅ (Tai Tham script)
* ເອວ or ເອວະ (Lao script)
* ឯវ (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)
* eva (Latin script)
* 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
* এৰ (Bengali script)
* එව (Sinhalese script)
* ဧဝ or ဨဝ or ဢေဝ (Burmese script)
* เอว or เอวะ (Thai script)
* ᩑᩅ (Tai Tham script)
* ເອວ or ເອວະ (Lao script)
* ឯវ (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)
* eva (Latin script)
* 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
* এৰ (Bengali script)
* එව (Sinhalese script)
* ဧဝ or ဨဝ or ဢေဝ (Burmese script)
* เอว or เอวะ (Thai script)
* ᩑᩅ (Tai Tham script)
* ເອວ or ເອວະ (Lao script)
* ឯវ (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)

### Particle

एव
* Devanagari script form of eva (“even”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* এৱ (Assamese script)
* ᬏᬯ (Balinese script)
* এব (Bengali script)
* 𑰊𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
* ဧဝ (Burmese script)
* એવ (Gujarati script)
* ਏਵ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌏𑌵 (Grantha script)
* ꦌꦮ (Javanese script)
* 𑂉𑂫 (Kaithi script)
* ಏವ (Kannada script)
* ឯវ (Khmer script)
* ເອວ (Lao script)
* ഏവ (Malayalam script)
* ᡝᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘊𑘪 (Modi script)
* ᠧᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦪𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐊𑐰 (Newa script)
* ଏଵ (Odia script)
* ꢍꢮ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆍𑆮 (Sharada script)
* 𑖊𑖪 (Siddham script)
* එව (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩔𑩾 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚆𑚦 (Takri script)
* ஏவ (Tamil script)
* ఏవ (Telugu script)
* เอว (Thai script)
* ཨེ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒋𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨄𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óywos. Compare Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (aēuua).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐj.ʋɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈeː.ʋɐ/

#### Particle

एव • (evá)
* so, just so
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.108.09:ए॒वा च॒ त्वं स॑रम आज॒गन्थ॒ प्रबा॑धिता॒ सह॑सा॒ दैव्ये॑न । स्वसा॑रं त्वा कृणवै॒ मा पुन॑र्गा॒ अप॑ ते॒ गवां॑ सुभगे भजाम ॥evā́ ca tváṃ sarama ājagántha prábādhitā sáhasā daívyena. svásāraṃ tvā kṛṇavai mā́ púnargā ápa te gávāṃ subhage bhajāma.Even thus, O Sarama, hast thou come hither, forced by celestial might to make the journey. Turn thee not back, for thou shalt be our sister: O Blest One, we will give thee of the cattle.
* indeed, truly
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
* just, exactly, as; alone, only
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
* an emphatic particle

##### Usage notes

In later Sanskrit, एवम् (evám) replaces these senses of एव (evá).

### Etymology 2

From the root इ (i, “to go”).

#### Adjective

एव • (éva) stem
* speedy, quick
    Synonym: शीघ्र (śīghra)
** TBr

#### Noun

एव • (éva) stem, m
* way, course
    Synonym: पथ (patha)
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
* earth, the world
** c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā)
* horse
    Synonym: अश्व (aśva)
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
* conduct, manner, custom

##### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “एव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 232/2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 270