U+0939, ह
DEVANAGARI LETTER HA

[U+0938]
Devanagari
[U+093A]

Translingual

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦə/, /hə/ (may vary by language)

Letter

(ha)

  1. the Devanagari script’s voiced aspirate guttural consonant

See also

Ligatures:

Car Nicobarese

Pronunciation

Letter

(h)

  1. Used to represent the [x] sound in Car. [1]

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hə]

Letter

• (ha)

  1. The first consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦə/, [ɦɐ]

Letter

• (ha)

  1. the thirty-third consonant in Hindi

See also

Marathi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦə/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

• (ha)

  1. The thirty-second consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɦʌ]
  • Phonetic Devanagari:

Letter

• (ha)

  1. The thirty-third consonant in Nepali.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Variant of (gha), हि ().

Particle

• (ha)

  1. emphasizes the preceding word; surely, of course, certainly
  2. an emphatic particle, often used by itself as a filler word or expletive

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (to strike, slay).

Adjective

• (ha) stem (root हन्)

  1. (at the end of a compound) killing, striking, slaying
Declension

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Etymology 3

Meanings of the letter (ha) given by lexicographers.

Noun

• (ha) stemm

  1. a form of Shiva or Bhairava
  2. water
  3. cipher (symbol meaning 0)
  4. blood
  5. death
  6. sky
  7. fear
  8. knowledge, perception
  9. Vishnu
  10. heaven
  11. paradise
  12. moon
  13. war
  14. horse
  15. pride
  16. physician
  17. cause, reason, motive
  18. laughter
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of
singular dual plural
nominative हः (haḥ) हौ (hau)
हा¹ (hā¹)
हाः (hāḥ)
हासः¹ (hāsaḥ¹)
accusative हम् (ham) हौ (hau)
हा¹ (hā¹)
हान् (hān)
instrumental हेन (hena) हाभ्याम् (hābhyām) हैः (haiḥ)
हेभिः¹ (hebhiḥ¹)
dative हाय (hāya) हाभ्याम् (hābhyām) हेभ्यः (hebhyaḥ)
ablative हात् (hāt) हाभ्याम् (hābhyām) हेभ्यः (hebhyaḥ)
genitive हस्य (hasya) हयोः (hayoḥ) हानाम् (hānām)
locative हे (he) हयोः (hayoḥ) हेषु (heṣu)
vocative (ha) हौ (hau)
हा¹ (hā¹)
हाः (hāḥ)
हासः¹ (hāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Noun

• (ha) stemn

  1. the supreme Lord
  2. pleasure, delight, happiness
  3. weapon
  4. (of a gem) sparkling, shining
  5. calling
Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of
singular dual plural
nominative हम् (ham) हे (he) हानि (hāni)
हा¹ (hā¹)
accusative हम् (ham) हे (he) हानि (hāni)
हा¹ (hā¹)
instrumental हेन (hena) हाभ्याम् (hābhyām) हैः (haiḥ)
हेभिः¹ (hebhiḥ¹)
dative हाय (hāya) हाभ्याम् (hābhyām) हेभ्यः (hebhyaḥ)
ablative हात् (hāt) हाभ्याम् (hābhyām) हेभ्यः (hebhyaḥ)
genitive हस्य (hasya) हयोः (hayoḥ) हानाम् (hānām)
locative हे (he) हयोः (hayoḥ) हेषु (heṣu)
vocative (ha) हे (he) हानि (hāni)
हा¹ (hā¹)
  • ¹Vedic

References

Shina

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha~ɦa/

Letter

(h)

  1. Used to represent the [h~ɦ] sound in Shina. [2]