A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c19.76

v3.c19.76

In Hindi, in addition to the postpositions mentioned in Vol. II., may be cited as very common the following, some of which are also used as adverbs. Thus बाहर “without” (Skr. वहिस) is used as a postposition with the genitive case, as घर के बाहर “outside the house,” or even without the genitive sign, as द्वार बाहर “outside the door.” So also पार “across,” “on the other side of,” is very commonly used with the direct form of the noun in the phrase नदी पार “across the river,” “on the other side of the river.” So also समेत “with,” “accompanied by,” as सूर सामंत समेत “accompanied by his peers and paladins,” the meaning of the postposition from सम + आ + इ requires this construction.