Word Meaning

इन्हीं

Inhīñ

hiसर्वनाम (Pronoun)

Meaning

These very ones; only these (emphatic proximate plural pronoun).

Detailed Meaning

An emphatic oblique plural form of the proximate demonstrative pronoun 'yah' (this/these). In classical poetry, it is employed to focus attention strictly and decisively upon an earlier mentioned set of subjects or attributes. In this couplet, it refers exclusively to the newly educated youth, modern institutions, and superficial glamour responsible for sustaining Western cultural dominance.

Etymology

Derived from Old Indo-Aryan / Sanskrit proximate pronominal stem 'eṣām' (एषाम्) through Middle Indo-Aryan/Apabhramsha, combined with the Hindi-Urdu emphatic particle 'hī' (ही).

Usage

Commonly placed at the beginning of a line to emphatically assign causality, blame, or tribute to an immediately referenced group.

Examples

Come if you can by treading upon these very stones.

It is by virtue of these very ones that spring endures.

Synonyms

यहीइन्हीं कोइनको ही

Related Words

इनउन्हींयहये
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