اوہ
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit असौ (asáu, “that”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [oː˦]
Pronoun
اوہ (oh)
See also
| Pahari-Potwari personal pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | Direct | Oblique | Dative | Genitive | ||
| 1st person | singular | میں (maĩ) | مِکی (mikī) | مہارا (mhārā) | ||
| plural | اس (as) | اساں (asā̃) | اساں کی (asā̃ kī) | ساڑا (sāṛā), اساں نا (asā̃ nā) | ||
| 2nd person | informal / singular | توں (tū̃) | تکی (tukī) | تارا (tārā), تہاڑا (tuhāṛā) | ||
| polite / plural | تس (tus) | تساں (tusā̃) | تساں کی (tusā̃ kī) | تساں نا (tusā̃ nā) | ||
| 3rd person | proximal | singular | ایہہ (eh) | ایس (es) | ایس کی (es kī) | ایس نا (es nā) |
| plural | ایہناں (ehnā̃) | ایہناں کی (ehnā̃ kī) | ایہناں نا (ehnā̃ nā) | |||
| distal | singular | اوہ (oh) | اوس (os) | اوس کی (os kī) | اوس نا (os nā) | |
| plural | اوہناں (ohnā̃) | اوہناں کی (ohnā̃ kī) | اوہناں نا (ohnā̃ nā) | |||
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit असौ (asáu, “that”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [oː˦]
Pronoun
اوہ • (oh) (Gurmukhi spelling ਓਹ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اوہ | اوہ |
| oblique | اوس | اوہناں |
| vocative | {{{5}}} | {{{6}}} |
| ablative | {{{7}}} | {{{8}}} |
| locative | {{{9}}} | {{{10}}} |
| instrumental | {{{11}}} | {{{12}}} |
References
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اوہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “اوہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “asau”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 43
Shina
Particle
اوہ (oh)
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /uːɦ/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sanskrit अहह (ahaha).
Interjection
اُوہ • (ūh) (Hindi spelling ऊह)
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ऊह (ūha), ultimately from the root ऊह् (ūh).
Noun
اُوہ • (ūh) m (Hindi spelling ऊह)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اُوہ (ūh) | اُوہ (ūh) |
| oblique | اُوہ (ūh) | اُوہوں (ūhõ) |
| vocative | اُوہ (ūh) | اُوہو (ūho) |
Further reading
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ūh”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.