A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c19.5

v3.c19.5

Hindi is mostly, however, faithful to the type in ब; thus in Braj अबै, Marwari अमै, and still more clearly Bhojpuri एबेर, which approaches to the O. एबे. The same type runs through all the pronominal forms, as जब “whenever,” तब “then,” कब “when.” Bhojpuri जेबेर, तेबेर, केबेर, Braj जबै, तबै, कबै. The Skr. forms यदा, तदा, कदा appear in H. जद, तद, कद, and in the dialectic forms, जदै, जदी, जदू, जदां, जयां; as also तदै, etc., कदै, etc.; the forms with the palatal and labial vowels have, I think, arisen from the incorporation of the affirmative particle ही or हू “indeed,” of which more further on.