وہ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Punjabi وِسُ (visu), from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa), from Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    وِہُ • (vihum or f (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਿਹੁ)

    1. alternative form of وِسّ (viss, poison)

    Derived terms

    • وِہُ وَرگا (vihu vargā, very bitter, adjective, literally like poison)
    • وِہُࣇا (vihuḷā, poisonous, adjective)

    References

    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وِہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
    • ਵਿਹੁ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Most likely from Old Hindi उहु (uhu), उहुं (uhuṃ), from Apabhramsa ओहु (ohu), from Prakrit 𑀅𑀳𑁄 (aho), from Sanskrit असौ (asáu, that). The inflected forms are formed by analogy with its proximal counterpart یہ (ye).

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    وہ • (vom or f (Hindi spelling वो or वह)

    1. he, she, it, they (distal third person subjective personal pronoun)
    2. that, those (distal demonstrative pronoun)

    Determiner

    وہ • (vo) (Hindi spelling वो or वह)

    1. that, those (distal demonstrative determiner)

    Declension

    Pronoun declension of وہ
    singular plural
    direct وُہ (vo) وے (ve (obsolete))
    indirect اُس (us) اُن (un)
    ergative اُس نے (us ne) اُنھوں نے (unhõ ne)
    genitive اُس کا (us kā) اُن کا (un kā)
    dative اُسے, اُس کو (use, us ko) اُنھیں, اُن کو (unhẽ, un ko)

    See also

    • Appendix:Urdu correlatives
    Urdu personal pronouns
    direct case indirect case ergative case dative/accusative case
    1st person singular مَیں (ma͠i) مُجھ (mujh) مَیں نے (ma͠i ne) مُجھ کو (mujh ko)
    مُجھے (mujhe)
    formal (rare) خَاکْسَار (xāksār) خَاکْسَار نے (xāksār ne) خَاکْسَار کو (xāksār ko)
    plural ہَم (ham) ہَم نے (ham ne) ہَم کو (ham ko)
    ہَمیں (hamẽ)
    2nd person informal (intimate) تُو () تُجھ (tujh) تُو نے (tū ne) تُجھ کو (tujh ko)
    تُجھے (tujhe)
    semiformal (familiar) تُم (tum) تُم نے (tum ne) تُم کو (tum ko)
    تُمْہیں (tumhẽ)
    formal (polite) آپ (āp) آپ نے (āp ne) آپ کو (āp ko)
    3rd person proximal singular /
    informal
    یِہ (ye) اِس (is) اِس نے (is ne) اِس کو (is ko)
    اِسے (ise)
    plural /
    formal
    اِن (in) اِنْہوں نے (inhõ ne) اِن کو (in ko)
    اِنْہیں (inhẽ)
    distal singular /
    informal
    وُہ (vo) اُس (us) اُس نے (us ne) اُس کو (us ko)
    اُسے (use)
    plural /
    formal
    اُن (un) اُنْہوں نے (unhõ ne) اُن کو (un ko)
    اُنْہیں (unhẽ)