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Hindi Etymology Borrowed from Sanskrit अहि ( ahi )
Pronunciation ( Delhi Hindi ) IPA (key ) : /ə.ɦiː/ , Noun अहि • (ahi ) m
snake Old Gujarati Etymology Borrowed from Sanskrit अहि ( ahi ) .
Noun अहि • (ahi ) m
snake Pali Alternative forms Alternative forms
ahi ( Latin script ) 𑀅𑀳𑀺 ( Brahmi script ) অহি ( Bengali script ) අහි ( Sinhalese script ) အဟိ ဢႁိ ( Burmese script ) อหิ อะหิ ( Thai script ) ᩋᩉᩥ ( Tai Tham script ) ອຫິ ອະຫິ ( Lao script ) អហិ ( Khmer script ) 𑄃𑄦𑄨 ( Chakma script ) Noun अहि m
Devanagari script form ofahi ( “ snake ” ) Declension Declension table of "अहि" (masculine)
Verb अहि
Devanagari script form ofahi which is second-person singular imperative active of अत्थि atthi “ to be ” )Sanskrit Alternative scripts Alternative scripts
অহি ( Assamese script ) ᬅᬳᬶ ( Balinese script ) অহি ( Bengali script ) 𑰀𑰮𑰰 ( Bhaiksuki script ) 𑀅𑀳𑀺 ( Brahmi script ) အဟိ ( Burmese script ) અહિ ( Gujarati script ) ਅਹਿ ( Gurmukhi script ) 𑌅𑌹𑌿 ( Grantha script ) ꦄꦲꦶ ( Javanese script ) 𑂃𑂯𑂱 ( Kaithi script ) ಅಹಿ ( Kannada script ) អហិ ( Khmer script ) ອຫິ ( Lao script ) അഹി ( Malayalam script ) ᠠᡥᡳ ( Manchu script ) 𑘀𑘮𑘱 ( Modi script ) ᠠᠾᠢ ( Mongolian script ) 𑦠𑧎𑧒 ( Nandinagari script ) 𑐀𑐴𑐶 ( Newa script ) ଅହି ( Odia script ) ꢂꢲꢶ ( Saurashtra script ) 𑆃𑆲𑆴 ( Sharada script ) 𑖀𑖮𑖰 ( Siddham script ) අහි ( Sinhalese script ) 𑩐𑪂𑩑 ( Soyombo script ) 𑚀𑚩𑚮 ( Takri script ) அஹி ( Tamil script ) అహి ( Telugu script ) อหิ ( Thai script ) ཨ་ཧི ( Tibetan script ) 𑒁𑒯𑒱 ( Tirhuta script ) 𑨀𑨱𑨁 ( Zanabazar Square script ) 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
a snake , serpent
c. BCE BCE ,
Ṛgveda 9.86.44 :
अहिर् न जूर्णामति सर्पति त्वचमत्यो न क्रीळन्नसरद्वृषा हरिः ॥ahir na jūrṇāmati sarpati tvacamatyo na krīḷannasaradvṛṣā hariḥ.He glideth like a serpent from his ancient skin, and like a playful horse the Tawny Steer hath run.
the serpent of the sky, the demon Vritra
( arithmetic ) Declension Descendants → Assamese: অহি ( ohi ) → Bengali: অহি ( ohi ) Dardic:
→ Marathi: अहि ( ahi ) Pali: ahi
→ Tamil: அகி ( aki ) ( semi-learned ) → Telugu: అహి ( ahi ) References Apte, Macdonell (2022 ) “अहि Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries