“Api” (Sanskrit: api) ka saral arth Hindi mein “bhi”, “hatta/itna tak ki” ya “yadi/agar” hota hai. Jain granthon ke Sanskrit aur Prakrit (Ardhamāgadhī/Saurasenī) sahitya meṅ yeh bahut āta hai.

• Sanskrit mein: “api” = “bhi/hatta.” Udāharan: “sarve api jīvāḥ” = “sab jīv bhi.”
• Prakrit/Jain Prakrit mein: yahi “api” chhoṭā ho kar “pi” ban jātā hai aur śabd ke bād lagta hai. Udāharan: “jīvā pi” = “jīv bhi.”

Mukhyatāh arth:

• “bhi/also” (sāmānya prayog)
• “hatta/itna tak ki” (zor dene ke liye, “even”)
• kuch sthitiyoṅ meṅ “yadi/agar” (jaisā “api” = “even if/agar bhi”)

Yeh arth Jain āgamon aur Tattvārth-sūtra jaise Sanskrit granthon ke bhāṣā-prayog ke anurūp hain.