As a Hindi name
अभी · abhī
(i.e. अब ab+emphat. aff. ही hī), v.s.v. اب ab — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 6
अभी
right now; just now
Śabdasāgara also records: इसी क्षण । इसी समय । इसी वक्त । तुरंत । तत्काल · अब तक
Cited formation "अभी" is अभ + -ई: अभ means "आम्र", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अभी" is अभ + -ई: अभ means "आम्र", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अभी" is अभ + -ई: अभ means "आम्र", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“अब (ab, “now”) + ही (hī)” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
fearless
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "abhī" is the nominative dual of "abhi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
1. a-bhī mfn. fearless, R.; Ragh.
2. abhī (√ i), abhy-eti (Imper. 2. sg. abhīhi; impf. 3. pl. -āyan, 3. sg. Ā. -āyata; ind.p. abhītya) to come near, approach, go up to or towards (acc.), RV. &c.; (with sakāśam or samīpam or pārśve) id., Pañcat.; to go along or after (acc.), RV. &c.; to enter, join, go over to, Mn.; Bhaṭṭ.; (with a pr. p.) to begin to, (perf. 3. pl. abhīyuḥ), ŚBr.; to reach, obtain, RV. &c.; to get or fall into (acc.), MBh. &c.; to come to, fall to one's share (with acc.), Bhaṭṭ.; (said of the sun) to rise (as if he came nearer; also with abhitarām [q.v.] instead of abhi), AitBr., (with astam) to set, MBh. i, 1797 (cf. abhy-aya) : Pass. abhīyate to be perceived, known, BhP. : Intens. (1. pl. -īmahe) to ask, request, RV. i, 24, 3.
abhī [abhi-i] 2 P. 1 To approach, come or draw near, go up to (with acc.) asmānattumito'bhyeti Bk. 7. 84.; Ki. 2. 54. 2 To go along or after, follow, serve. 3 (a) To go into, enter; Bk. 5. 67; Ms. 8. 75. (b) To go over to, reach, arrive at; Me. 34 v. l. (c) To fall to one's share, come to; Bk. 7. 99. 4 To get, meet with, fall into, suffer, undergo (said of good or bad things); kāryaṃ saṃsiddhimabhyeti Pt. 1.
abhī a. Without fear; R. 9. 63; 15. 8.
1. abhi ind. (a prefix to verbs and nouns, expressing) to, towards, into, over, upon. (As a prefix to verbs of motion) it expresses the notion of moving or going towards, approaching, &c. (As a prefix to nouns not derived from verbs) it expresses superiority, intensity, &c.; e.g. abhi-tāmra, abhi-nava, q.v.
(As a separate adverb or preposition) it expresses (with acc.) to, towards, in the direction of, against
Alternative readings
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