اوہ

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit असौ (asáu, that).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [oː˦]

Pronoun

اوہ (oh)

  1. that, those
  2. (distal) he, she, it; that one (distal third person singular personal pronoun)

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)

  1. (distal) he, she, it; that one (distal third person singular personal pronoun)
  2. those, they

Declension

Declension of اوہ
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)

  1. yes

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit अहह (ahaha).

Interjection

اُوہ • (ūh) (Hindi spelling ऊह)

  1. oh no! (an interjection used for expressing sorrow, pain or distress)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ऊह (ūha), ultimately from the root ऊह् (ūh).

Noun

اُوہ • (ūhm (Hindi spelling ऊह)

  1. reasoning, deliberation, inference
  2. inferring and denying
  3. uncertainty, indecision
Declension
Declension of اوہ
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.