एवम् एव

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

এৱম্ এৱ (Assamese script)
ᬏᬯᬫ᭄ᬏᬯ (Balinese script)
এবম্ এব (Bengali script)
𑰊𑰪𑰦𑰿𑱃𑰊𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀏𑀯𑀫𑁆 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
ဧဝမ် ဧဝ (Burmese script)
એવમ્ એવ (Gujarati script)
ਏਵਮ੍ ਏਵ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌏𑌵𑌮𑍍 𑌏𑌵 (Grantha script)
ꦌꦮꦩ꧀ꦌꦮ (Javanese script)
𑂉𑂫𑂧𑂹 𑂉𑂫 (Kaithi script)
ಏವಮ್ ಏವ (Kannada script)
ឯវម៑ ឯវ (Khmer script)
ເອວມ຺ ເອວ (Lao script)
ഏവമ് ഏവ (Malayalam script)
ᡝᠸᠠᠮ
ᡝᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘊𑘪𑘦𑘿 𑘊𑘪 (Modi script)
ᠧᠸᠠᠮ
ᠧᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦪𑧊𑧆𑧠 𑦪𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
𑐊𑐰𑐩𑑂 𑐊𑐰 (Newa script)
ଏଵମ୍ ଏଵ (Odia script)
ꢍꢮꢪ꣄ ꢍꢮ (Saurashtra script)
𑆍𑆮𑆩𑇀 𑆍𑆮 (Sharada script)
𑖊𑖪𑖦𑖿 𑖊𑖪 (Siddham script)
එවම් එව (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩔𑩾𑩴 𑪙 𑩐𑩔𑩾 (Soyombo script)
𑚆𑚦𑚢𑚶 𑚆𑚦 (Takri script)
ஏவம் ஏவ (Tamil script)
ఏవమ్ ఏవ (Telugu script)
เอวมฺ เอว (Thai script)
ཨེ་ཝ་མ྄ ཨེ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
𑒋𑒫𑒧𑓂 𑒋𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨄𑨭𑨢𑨴 𑨀𑨄𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

एवम् (evam) +‎ एव (eva).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐj.ʋɐm ɐj.ʋɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /eː.ʋɐm eː.ʋɐ/

Adverb

एवम् एव • (evam eva)

just so

Descendants

Pali: evameva
Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀏𑀯𑀫𑁂𑀯 (evameva), 𑀳𑁂𑀯𑀫𑁂𑀯 (hevameva), 𑀳𑁂𑀫𑁂𑀯 (hemeva)
- Prakrit: 𑀏𑀯𑀫𑁂𑀯 (evameva), 𑀏𑀫𑁂𑀯 (emeva), 𑀏𑀫𑁂𑀅 (emea), 𑀏𑀫𑀺𑀅 (emia)
  - Central:
    - Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
      - Old Awadhi: इमि (imi), एवैं (evaiṃ)
    - Sauraseni Prakrit:
      - Hindustani: imi, im, yõ
        Hindi: इमि, इम, यों
        
        Urdu: ام, ام, یوں
  - Eastern:
    - Magadhi Prakrit:
      - Early Assamese: এবে (ebe), এভো (ebhö)
  - Northwestern:
    - Paisaci Prakrit:
      - Punjabi: aivẽ, ivẽ, aiũ, aĩ
        Gurmukhi script: ਐਵੇਂ, ਇਵੇਂ, ਐਉਂ, ਐਂ
        
        Shahmukhi script: اَیویں, اِویں, اَیءُں, اَیں
  - Southern:
    - Helu Prakrit:
      - Dhivehi: މެ (me)
      - Sinhalese: මෙව (mewa), මෙවු (mewu), මේ (mē), ම (ma)
  - Western:
    - Old Gujarati: इम (ima), हिव (hiva), हिवडां (hivaḍāṃ), हिवणां (hivaṇāṃ)
      - Gujarati: એમ (ema)
      - Old Marwari: हिव (hiv)

Further reading

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “evam eva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 122