ही नहीं आया

didn't even come

→ ही
phrase Rare #7,846
didn't even come ही adds emphasis to the negation. Depending on context, the phrase can also mean that something did not occur or come up at all.
HI: वह कल काम पर ही नहीं आया।
EN: He didn't even come to work yesterday.

किसी के दिमाग में ही नहीं आया कि ऐसा कुछ होगा।

It didn't even occur to anyone that something like this would happen.

— Jab We Met (2007)

वो ना, दो दिन पहले काम पर गया था, लेकिन वापस ही नहीं आया।

You know, he went to work two days ago, but he never came back.

— Darlings (2022)

वसुधा सिंह का कहीं कोई नाम ही नहीं आया।

Vasudha Singh wasn’t mentioned anywhere.

— Raat Akeli Hai (2020)

पिक्चर में मज़ा ही नहीं आया।

The movie just wasn’t any fun.

— OMG 2 (2023)

हमें तो समझ में ही नहीं आया, किस सुर की बात कर रहे हैं।

We couldn't even understand what note you were talking about.

— Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi (2021)