अहि

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See also: अहँ, अहै, अहं, अहो, and अंहु

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहि (ahi)

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.ɦiː/,

Noun

अहि • (ahi) m

  1. snake

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहि (ahi).

Noun

अहि • (ahi) m

  1. snake

Pali

Alternative forms

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Noun

अहि m

  1. Devanagari script form of ahi (“snake”)

Declension

Declension table of "अहि" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)अहि (ahi)अहयो (ahayo) or अही (ahī)
Accusative (second)अहिं (ahiṃ)अहयो (ahayo) or अही (ahī)
Instrumental (third)अहिना (ahinā)अहीहि (ahīhi) or अहीभि (ahībhi)
Dative (fourth)अहिस्स (ahissa) or अहिनो (ahino)अहीनं (ahīnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)अहिस्मा (ahismā) or अहिम्हा (ahimhā)अहीहि (ahīhi) or अहीभि (ahībhi)
Genitive (sixth)अहिस्स (ahissa) or अहिनो (ahino)अहीनं (ahīnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)अहिस्मिं (ahismiṃ) or अहिम्हि (ahimhi)अहीसु (ahīsu)
Vocative (calling)अहि (ahi)अहयो (ahayo) or अही (ahī)

Verb

अहि

  1. Devanagari script form of ahi, which is second-person singular imperative active of अत्थि (atthi, “to be”)

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háǰʰiš (“snake, serpent”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis (“snake”). Cognates include Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži), Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis), Old Armenian իժ (iž).

Pronunciation

Noun

अहि • (áhi) stem, m

  1. a snake, serpent
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.86.44:
      अहि॒र् न जू॒र्णाम् अति॑ सर्पति॒ त्वच॒म् अत्यो॒ न क्रीळ॑न्न् असर॒द् वृषा॒ हरिः॑ ॥
      áhir ná jūrṇā́m áti sarpati tvácam átyo ná krī́ḷann asarad vṛ́ṣā háriḥ.
      He glideth like a serpent from his ancient skin, and like a playful horse the Tawny Steer hath run.
    • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.1.6.2:
      अहींश् च सर्वां जम्भयन्त् सर्वाश् च यातु-धान्यः ॥
      ahīṃś ca sarvāṃ jambhayant sarvāś ca yātu-dhānyaḥ.
      confounds all the serpents and all sorceries.
  2. the serpent of the sky, the demon Vritra
  3. (arithmetic) the number eight

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of अहि (áhi)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अहिः
áhiḥ 		अही
áhī 		अहयः
áhayaḥ
Vocative अहे
áhe 		अही
áhī 		अहयः
áhayaḥ
Accusative अहिम्
áhim 		अही
áhī 		अहीन्
áhīn
Instrumental अहिना / अह्या¹
áhinā / áhyā¹ 		अहिभ्याम्
áhibhyām 		अहिभिः
áhibhiḥ
Dative अहये
áhaye 		अहिभ्याम्
áhibhyām 		अहिभ्यः
áhibhyaḥ
Ablative अहेः / अह्यः¹
áheḥ / áhyaḥ¹ 		अहिभ्याम्
áhibhyām 		अहिभ्यः
áhibhyaḥ
Genitive अहेः / अह्यः¹
áheḥ / áhyaḥ¹ 		अह्योः
áhyoḥ 		अहीनाम्
áhīnām
Locative अहौ / अहा¹
áhau / áhā¹ 		अह्योः
áhyoḥ 		अहिषु
áhiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Dardic:
    • Khowar: آیی (ayí)
  • Pali: ahi
  • → Assamese: অহি (ohi)
  • → Bengali: অহি (ohi)
  • → Marathi: अहि (ahi)
  • → Tamil: அகி (aki)
  • → Telugu: అహి (ahi)

References

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “अहि”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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