अहर्
See also: अंह्रि
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- अहन् (áhan), अहस् (áhas) — alternative stems for the weak forms
- अह (ahá), अह्न (ahná) — in compounds
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অহৰ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬳᬃ (Balinese script)
- অহর্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰮𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀳𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- အဟရ် (Burmese script)
- અહર્ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਹਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌹𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦲꦂ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂯𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಹರ್ (Kannada script)
- អហរ៑ (Khmer script)
- ອຫຣ຺ (Lao script)
- അഹര് (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡥᠠᡵ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘮𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠾᠠᠷ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧎𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐴𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଅହର୍ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢲꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆲𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖮𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
- අහර් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑪂𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚩𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
- அஹர் (Tamil script)
- అహర్ (Telugu script)
- อหรฺ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཧ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒯𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨱𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háȷ́ʰr̥.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́.ɦɐɾ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɦɐɾ/
Noun
अहर् • (áhar) stem, n [1][2][3][4][5]
- a day
- तद् अहर् ― tád áhar ― on that day
- a sacrificial or festival day, portion of a sacrifice appointed for one day's performance
- day personified as one of the eight Vasus
- (in the dual अहनी (áhanī) or duplicated) day and night
Usage notes
In the later language, the stem अहस् (áhas) is used to form some plural and dual weak forms, while in Vedic they are formed with अहन् (áhan) / अह्न्- (áhn-) / अह- (áha-).
Frequently appears at the ends of compounds in the weak forms -अह (-ahá)—e.g. सप्ताह (saptāhá, “seven days, a week”)—or -अह्न (-ahná)—e.g. पूर्वाह्ण (pūrvāhṇá, “fore-noon”).
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अहः (áhaḥ) | अहनी (áhanī) | अहा (áhā) अहानि (áhāni) |
| accusative | अहः (áhaḥ) | अहनी (áhanī) | अहा (áhā) अहानि (áhāni) |
| instrumental | अह्ना (áhnā) | अहभ्याम् (áhabhyām) अहोभ्याम् (áhobhyām) |
अहभिः (áhabhiḥ) अहोभिः (áhobhiḥ) |
| dative | अह्ने (áhne) | अहभ्याम् (áhabhyām) अहोभ्याम् (áhobhyām) |
अहभ्यः (áhabhyaḥ) अहोभ्यः (áhobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अह्नः (áhnaḥ) | अहभ्याम् (áhabhyām) अहोभ्याम् (áhobhyām) |
अहभ्यः (áhabhyaḥ) अहोभ्यः (áhobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अह्नः (áhnaḥ) | अह्नोः (áhnoḥ) | अह्नाम् (áhnām) अहानाम् (áhānām) |
| locative | अहन् (áhan) अहनि (áhani) अह्नि (áhni) |
अह्नोः (áhnoḥ) | अहसु (áhasu) अहःसु (áhaḥsu) |
| vocative | अहः (áhaḥ) | अहनी (áhanī) | अहा (áhā) अहानि (áhāni) |
Derived terms
- अत्यह्न (atyahna)
- अहःशस् (ahaḥśas, “day by day”)
- अहरहर् (áharahar, “daily”)
- अहरादि (aharādi, “daybreak”)
- अहर्दल (ahardala, “midday”)
- अहर्निश (aharniśá, “day and night”)
- अहर्पति (aharpáti, “lord of day”)
- अहीन (áhīna)
- अहोरात्र (ahorātrá, “day and night”)
- एकाह (ekāhá, “one day”)
- त्र्यह्न (tryahna, “three days”)
- दशाह (daśāhá, “ten days”)
- द्वादशाह (dvādaśāhá)
- द्व्यह (dvyaha, “two days”)
- पराह्ण (parāhṇá, “afternoon”)
- पुण्याह (puṇyāhá)
- पूर्वाह्ण (pūrvāhṇá, “fore-noon”)
- प्राह्ण (prāhṇá, “morning”)
- भद्राह (bhadrāhá)
- मध्याह्न (madhyāhná, “midday”)
- व्यह्न (vyahna)
- षडह (ṣaḍaha, “six days”)
- सायाह्न (sāyāhná, “evening”)
- सुदिनाह (sudināha)
Descendants
- Pali: अह n (aha)
- Prakrit: अह n (aha), अहो (aho, “by day”)
- Hindi: अह (ah)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “áhan-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 154
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “अहर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0124.
- ^ Whitney (1889), Sanskrit Grammar, chapter V, §160
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “áhar”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 44