यहु

Old Hindi

Alternative forms

यह (yaha), यौ (yau)

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit एष (eṣa).

Pronoun

यहु (yahu)

this; he, she, it (near demonstrative pronoun)

Descendants

Braj: यह (yah)
Hindustani:
Hindi: यह (yah)

Urdu: یہ (yah)

References

Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC

Sanskrit

Etymology

Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬎 (yazu, “offspring”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ́.ɦu/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jɐ.ɦu/

Adjective

यहु • (yáhu) stem

mighty, strong
restless
swift

Noun

यहु • (yáhu) stem, m

child, offspring
tigmā́ asya hánavo ná pratidhṛ́ṣe sujámbhaḥ sáhaso yahúḥ

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of यहु
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	यहुः (yáhuḥ)	यहू (yáhū)	यहवः (yáhavaḥ)
accusative	यहुम् (yáhum)	यहू (yáhū)	यहून् (yáhūn)
instrumental	यहुना (yáhunā) यह्वा¹ (yáhvā¹)	यहुभ्याम् (yáhubhyām)	यहुभिः (yáhubhiḥ)
dative	यहवे (yáhave) यह्वे¹ (yáhve¹)	यहुभ्याम् (yáhubhyām)	यहुभ्यः (yáhubhyaḥ)
ablative	यहोः (yáhoḥ) यह्वः¹ (yáhvaḥ¹)	यहुभ्याम् (yáhubhyām)	यहुभ्यः (yáhubhyaḥ)
genitive	यहोः (yáhoḥ) यह्वः¹ (yáhvaḥ¹)	यह्वोः (yáhvoḥ)	यहूनाम् (yáhūnām)
locative	यहौ (yáhau)	यह्वोः (yáhvoḥ)	यहुषु (yáhuṣu)
vocative	यहो (yáho)	यहू (yáhū)	यहवः (yáhavaḥ)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “यहु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0849, column 1.