ऊह
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /uːɦ/, [uːʱ]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sanskrit अहह (ahaha). Doublet of ओह (oh) and अहह (ahah).
Interjection
ऊह • (ūh) (Urdu spelling اُوہ)
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ऊह (ūha), ultimately from the root ऊह् (ūh).
Noun
ऊह • (ūh) m (Urdu spelling اُوہ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ऊह ūh |
ऊह ūh |
| oblique | ऊह ūh |
ऊहों ūhõ |
| vocative | ऊह ūh |
ऊहो ūho |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ऊह”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ऊह”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ऊह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঊহ (Assamese script)
- ᬊᬳ (Balinese script)
- ঊহ (Bengali script)
- 𑰅𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀊𑀳 (Brahmi script)
- ဦဟ (Burmese script)
- ઊહ (Gujarati script)
- ਊਹ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌊𑌹 (Grantha script)
- ꦈꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
- 𑂈𑂯 (Kaithi script)
- ಊಹ (Kannada script)
- ឩហ (Khmer script)
- ອູຫ (Lao script)
- ഊഹ (Malayalam script)
- ᡠᡠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘅𑘮 (Modi script)
- ᠤᠤᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦥𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐅𑐴 (Newa script)
- ଊହ (Odia script)
- ꢇꢲ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆈𑆲 (Sharada script)
- 𑖅𑖮 (Siddham script)
- ඌහ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩒𑩛𑪂 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚅𑚩 (Takri script)
- ஊஹ (Tamil script)
- ఊహ (Telugu script)
- อูห (Thai script)
- ཨཱུ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒆𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨃𑨊𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root ऊह् (ūh).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /uː.ɦɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /uː.ɦɐ/
Noun
ऊह • (ūha) stem, m
- removing, derangement, transposition, change, modification
- adding, addition
- the act of comprehending, conceiving
- consideration, deliberation, examination
- supposition, conclusion, inference
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ऊहः (ūhaḥ) | ऊहौ (ūhau) ऊहा¹ (ūhā¹) |
ऊहाः (ūhāḥ) ऊहासः¹ (ūhāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | ऊहम् (ūham) | ऊहौ (ūhau) ऊहा¹ (ūhā¹) |
ऊहान् (ūhān) |
| instrumental | ऊहेन (ūhena) | ऊहाभ्याम् (ūhābhyām) | ऊहैः (ūhaiḥ) ऊहेभिः¹ (ūhebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | ऊहाय (ūhāya) | ऊहाभ्याम् (ūhābhyām) | ऊहेभ्यः (ūhebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ऊहात् (ūhāt) | ऊहाभ्याम् (ūhābhyām) | ऊहेभ्यः (ūhebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ऊहस्य (ūhasya) | ऊहयोः (ūhayoḥ) | ऊहानाम् (ūhānām) |
| locative | ऊहे (ūhe) | ऊहयोः (ūhayoḥ) | ऊहेषु (ūheṣu) |
| vocative | ऊह (ūha) | ऊहौ (ūhau) ऊहा¹ (ūhā¹) |
ऊहाः (ūhāḥ) ऊहासः¹ (ūhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ऊह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 223, column 1.