indeclinable
now
Etarahi (adverb) [Sanskrit etarhi, cf. tarahi and carahi] now, at present D I 29, 151, 179, 200; II 3; Ja I 215 (opposite tadā); III 82; VI 364 (instead of paccuppanna).
etarahi (= Pali id. ) and etarahiṃ , at this time , Skt. etarhi; see the next two. Only in Mv , but both very common, and that too in prose; mss. often vary in same passage. All the foll. are prose; in few are mss. unanimous; often etarhi or etarhiṃ (or even etarahesi ) occurs in same vicinity or in v.l. of same passage: Mv i.39.4, 13 ; 50.2, 5 ; 54.12 ; 56.6 ; 60.5 ff. ; 128.14 ; 238.16, 19, 20 ; 239.2 (in 13 etarhi, no v.l. ); 262.2 ; 286.19, 20 ; 313.2 ; 330.7, 8 ; 331.6, 8 ; 332.9, 10, 11 ; 335.16 ff. ; ii.130.9 ; iii.67.11 ; 200.8, 13 ; 201.2, 7, 10, 14 ; 202.1 ; 272.15 etc.
now; a this time; nowadays, at the present time; especially (a) in relation to the past and/or future; parallel (in direct speech) to tena kho pana samayena (+ historic present)
【副】 現在，目前。
(ind, ind, adv, comp) now; at present now, at present [lit.] this day Construction: eta + [r] + ahi