यह

Braj

Pronoun

यह (yah)

  1. this
    • Sūrdās, Sūrsāgar 30.1:
      इहिं बँसुरी सखि सबै चुरायौ
      ihĩ bãsurī sakhi sabai curāyau
      • 1991 translation by Rupert Snell
        this flute, friend, has stolen everything
  2. he, she, it (proximal)

Alternative forms

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi यहु (yahu), from Apabhramsa एहु m (ehu), एह f (eha), from Prakrit 𑀏𑀲𑁄 m (eso), 𑀏𑀲𑀸 f (esā), from Sanskrit एषः m (eṣaḥ), एषा f (eṣā).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /jəɦ/, [jɛʱ], /jeː/
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Pronoun

यह • (yah) (Urdu spelling یہ)

  1. (proximal) this one; he; she; it (proximal third person singular personal pronoun)
    यह कौन है?yah kaun hai?Who is this [person]?

Determiner

यह • (yah) (Urdu spelling یہ)

  1. this
    यह मकान बहुत बड़ा है।yah makān bahut baṛā hai.This house is large.

Inflection

Pronoun declension of यह
singular plural
direct यह (yah) ये (ye)
indirect इस (is) इन (in)
ergative इसने (isne) इन्होंने (inhõne)
genitive इसका (iskā) इनका (inkā)
dative इसे, इसको (ise, isko) इन्हें, इनको (inhẽ, inko)
instrumental/
ablative
इससे (isse) इनसे (inse)
inessive इसमें (ismẽ) इनमें (inmẽ)
adessive इसपे, इसपर (ispe, ispar) इनपे, इनपर (inpe, inpar)
terminative इसतक (istak) इनतक (intak)
semblative इससा (issā) इनसा (insā)

Coordinate terms

References

  1. ^ Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 22

Further reading