وہ
Punjabi
Alternative forms
- وِہُوں (vihūṉ)
Etymology
Etymology tree
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
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ʋɪ˩˥ʱ(ʊ)/
Noun
وِہُ • (vihu) m or f (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਿਹੁ)
- 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
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʋoː/
Pronoun
وہ • (vo) m or f (Hindi spelling वो or वह)
- he, she, it, they (distal third person subjective personal pronoun)
- that, those (distal demonstrative pronoun)
Determiner
وہ • (vo) (Hindi spelling वो or वह)
Declension
| 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
| 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 (tū) | 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) | |||