इव

Etymology
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Particle

 * 1)  thus
 * 2) as
 * 3) almost
 * 4) like

Etymology
Ultimately from. Compare 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) like, in the same manner as (in this sense =, and used correlatively to )
 * 2) as it were, as if
 * 3) in a certain manner, in some measure, a little, perhaps (in qualification or mitigation of a strong assertion)
 * 4) nearly, almost, about
 * 5) so, just so, just, exactly, indeed, very (especially after words which involve some restriction:)
 * 1) nearly, almost, about
 * 2) so, just so, just, exactly, indeed, very (especially after words which involve some restriction:)
 * 1) so, just so, just, exactly, indeed, very (especially after words which involve some restriction:)

Usage notes
In the pada texts of the Rigveda, Yajurveda, and Atharvaveda, and by native grammarians, is considered to be enclitic, and therefore compounded with the word after which it stands.