hi
2. hi/ ind. (used as a particle [ cf. ha and Ga ] and usually denoting) for, because, on account of (never standing first in a sentence, but generally after the first word and used enclitically, sometimes after pronouns; e.g. sa/rvo hi/ pf/tanA jigIzati , ‘for everybody wishes to win battles’; BavAn hi pramARam , ‘for your honour is the authority’; taTA hi , ‘for example’, ‘accordingly’; na/ hi/ or nahi/ , ‘for not’, ‘not at all’), RV. &c. &c.