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==Awadhi==

===Etymology===
From {{der|awa|sa|हि|tr=hí}}.

===Postposition===
{{head|awa|postposition}}

# {{n-g|marks the [[dative case]]}}: [[to]], [[for]]
#: {{uxi|awa|जिन्हा'''हि'''|'''to''' whom}}

==Khaling==

===Etymology===
From {{der|klr|sit-pro|*s-hjwəj-t}}.

===Noun===
{{head|klr|noun|tr=hi}}

# [[blood]]

===References===
* {{R:klr:sil}}

==Newar==

===Etymology===
From {{der|new|sit-pro|*s-hjwəj-t}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{new-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{new-noun}}

# [[blood]]

==Pali==

===Alternative forms===
{{pi-alt|Latn=hi}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|pi|conjunction|sccat=1|tr=-}}

# {{pi-sc|t=because}}

===Adverb===
{{pi-adv}}

# {{pi-sc|t=certainly}}

==Sanskrit==

===Alternative scripts===
{{sa-alt}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{sa-IPA}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*ǵʰey-|t=to throw, drive, wound}}. 

====Root====
{{sa-root}}

# to [[send]] [[forth]], [[impel]], [[urge]] on, [[hasten]] on
# to [[stimulate]] or [[incite]] to

=====Related roots=====
* {{m|sa|हिंस्}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|sa|sort=0
|{{l|sa|हिनोति|tr=hinóti}}
|{{l|sa|हय|tr=háya}}
|{{l|sa|हित|tr=hitá}}
|{{l|sa|हेतु|tr=hetú}}
|{{l|sa|हेति|tr=hetí}}
}}

====References====
* {{R:MW|1297,1303}}
* {{R:sa:Whitney|205}}
* {{R:sa:NWS}}
* {{R:MCD}}

* {{R:ine:Mallory:2006|245}}
* {{R:ine:LIV|head=|pages=174}}
* {{R:ine:IEW|volume=II|0424}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|sa|inc-pro|*źʰí}}, from {{inh|sa|iir-pro|*ȷ́ʰi|*ȷ́ʰí}}, from {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*gʰe|*ǵʰi}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{sa-IPA|a=1}}

====Particle====
{{head|sa|particle|sc=Deva|tr=hí}}

# [[for]], [[because]], [[on account of]] (never standing first in a sentence, but generally after the first word and used enclitically, sometimes after pronouns)
#: {{m|sa||सर्वो हि पृतना जिगीषति|tr=sárvo hí pṛ́tanā jígīṣati}} — ''for everybody wishes to win battles''
#: {{m|sa||भवान् हि प्रमाणम्|tr=bhavān hi pramāṇam}} — ''for your honour is the authority''
#: {{m|sa||तथा हि|tr=tathā hi}} — ''for example; accordingly''
#: {{m|sa||न हि|tr=ná hí}}, {{m|sa||नहि|tr=nahí}} — ''for not; not at all''
# [[just]], [[pray]], [[do]] (with an imperative or potential emphatically; sometimes with indicative)
#: {{m|sa||पश्यामो हि|tr=paśyāmo hi}} — ''we will just see''
# [[indeed]], [[assuredly]], [[surely]], [[of course]], [[certainly]]
#: {{m|sa||हि वै|tr=hí vaí}} — ''most assuredly''
#: {{m|sa||हि – तु|tr=hi – tu}}, {{m|sa||हि – पुनर्|tr=hi – punar}} — ''indeed – but''
# 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.

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|awa|हि|bor=1}}
* ⇒ Hindustani:
** {{desc|hi|ही}}
** {{desc|ur|ہی}}

====References====
* {{R:MW|1297/3}}
* {{R:sa:EWAia|vol=2|pages=814-5}}

{{cln|sa|adverbs|prepositions}}