आह
Dogri
Interjection
आह (āh) (Perso-Arabic آہ, Dogra 𑠁𑠪)
Hindi
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare Sanskrit अहह (ahaha).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑːɦ/, [äːʱ]
Interjection
आह • (āh) (Urdu spelling آہ)
Noun
आह • (āh) f (Urdu spelling آہ)
- sigh (usually of sorrow or despair)
- आह लेना/भरना ― āh lenā/bharnā ― to sigh
- prayer (mostly out of sorrow)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | आह āh |
आहें āhẽ |
| oblique | आह āh |
आहों āhõ |
| vocative | आह āh |
आहो āho |
Old Marathi
Etymology
Noun
आह (āha) m (Modi 𑘁𑘮)
References
- Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “आह”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আহ (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬳ (Balinese script)
- আহ (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀳 (Brahmi script)
- အာဟ (Burmese script)
- આહ (Gujarati script)
- ਆਹ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌹 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂯 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಹ (Kannada script)
- អាហ (Khmer script)
- ອາຫ (Lao script)
- ആഹ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘮 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐴 (Newa script)
- ଆହ (Odia script)
- ꢃꢲ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆲 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖮 (Siddham script)
- ආහ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑪂 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚩 (Takri script)
- ஆஹ (Tamil script)
- ఆహ (Telugu script)
- อาห (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaHā́dʰa, from a root *Hadʰ. Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬁𐬛𐬁 (ādā, “I say”), 𐬁𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬇 (ādarə̄, “they say”). Unrelated to Latin aiō.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑ́ː.ɦɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɑː.ɦɐ/
Verb
आह • (ā́ha) third-singular indicative (type P, perfect, root अह्)
- perfect of अह् (ah, “to say”)
- c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 1.21:
- हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदम्आह महीपते
- hṛṣīkeśaṃ tadā vākyamidamāha mahīpate
- (Arjuna) said these words to Krishna (Hrishikesha), O Lord of the Earth!
- हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदम्आह महीपते
Usage notes
This verb is highly defective and generally used with present value "(s)he says".
Conjugation
| Perfect: आह (ā́ha), - | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active | Mediopassive | |||||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Indicative | ||||||
| Third | आह ā́ha |
आहतुः āhatuḥ |
आहुः āhúḥ |
- | - | - |
| Second | आत्थ ā́ttha |
आहथुः āhathuḥ |
- | - | - | - |
| First | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Participles | ||||||
| - | - | |||||
Descendants
- Pali: āha
- Prakrit: 𑀆𑀳 (āha)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 124, column 1.
- Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2000) Das Perfekt im Indoiranischen (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert, pages 115-7, 614-6
- Whitney (1889), Sanskrit Grammar, chapter X, §801 a, §821 c
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*HaH(a)d”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 153
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ā́ha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press