अभी

See also: अभि and अभि-

Hindi

Etymology

अब (ab, “now”) + ही (hī)

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.bʱiː/, [ɐ.bʱiː]

Adverb

अभी • (abhī) (Urdu spelling ابھی)

right now
वो मुझे बताया कि अभी आ जाएगा
vo mujhe batāyā ki abhī ā jāegā
He told me he'll come right away.
just now
मेरा भाई अभी सो गया ― merā bhāī abhī so gayā ― My brother just went to sleep.

Coordinate terms

Hindi correlatives

type		interrogative	relative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	indefinite
basic	non-emphatic	कौन (kaun, “who?”), क्या (kyā, “what?”)	जो (jo)	यह (yah)	वह (vah)	कुछ (kuch), कोई (koī), कुछ-न-कुछ (kuch-na-kuch), कोई-न-कोई (koī-na-koī)
basic	emphatic	-	जो भी (jo bhī)	यही (yahī)	वही (vahī)	कोई भी (koī bhī), कुछ भी (kuch bhī)
time	non-emphatic	कब (kab)	जब (jab)	अब (ab)	तब (tab)	कभी (kabhī)
time	emphatic	-	जभी (jabhī)	अभी (abhī)	तभी (tabhī)	कभी भी (kabhī bhī)
place	non-emphatic	कहाँ (kahā̃)	जहाँ (jahā̃)	यहाँ (yahā̃)	वहाँ (vahā̃)	कहीं (kahī̃, “somewhere”)
place	emphatic	-	जहीं (jahī̃)	यहीं (yahī̃)	वहीं (vahī̃)	कहीं भी (kahī̃ bhī, “anywhere”)
quantity		कितना (kitnā)	जितना (jitnā)	इतना (itnā)	उतना (utnā)	-
direction		किधर (kidhar)	जिधर (jidhar)	इधर (idhar)	उधर (udhar)	-
quality		कैसा (kaisā)	जैसा (jaisā)	ऐसा (aisā)	वैसा (vaisā), तैसा m (taisā)	कोई सा (koī sā)
manner		कैसे (kaise)	जैसे (jaise)	ऐसे (aise),	वैसे (vaise), तैसे (taise)	-
reason/manner		क्यों (kyõ)	ज्यों (jyõ)	क्योंकि (kyõki), यों (yõ)	त्यों (tyõ)

References

Bahri, Hardev (1989) “अभी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “अभी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
“अभी”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अभी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अभी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884) “अभी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.