deriv LSK ETT STT aSTA ALPH OLDHOMEPAGE NEWHOMEPAGE

/iva / इव

**iva इव means "like". It is an enclitic:

vidyud iva विद्युदिव = like lightning

Be careful with /iva after verbs that mean feelings. Those should be ignored, not be translated as "like" or "as if". So —

tam uvAca prahasann iva तमुवाच प्रहसन्निव

means "he told him, smiling". Translating "as if he were smiling" won't do, he was actually smiling.