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Dogri
Interjection
आह (āh) (Perso-Arabic آہ, Dogra 𑠁𑠪)
- yes
Hindi
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare Sanskrit अहह (ahaha).
Pronunciation
Interjection
आह • (āh) (Urdu spelling آہ)
- oh, ah
Noun
आह • (āh) f (Urdu spelling آہ)
- sigh (usually of sorrow or despair)
- आह लेना/भरना ― āh lenā/bharnā ― to sigh
- prayer (mostly out of sorrow)
Declension
Declension of आह (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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आह
āh
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आहें
āhẽ
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| oblique
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आह
āh
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आहों
āhõ
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| vocative
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आह
āh
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आहो
āho
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Old Marathi
Etymology
From Sanskrit ओष (oṣa).
Noun
आह (āha) m (Modi 𑘁𑘮)
- heat
References
- Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “आह”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আহ (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬳ (Balinese script)
- আহ (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀳 (Brahmi script)
- အာဟ (Burmese script)
- આહ (Gujarati script)
- ਆਹ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌹 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂯 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಹ (Kannada script)
- អាហ (Khmer script)
- ອາຫ (Lao script)
- ആഹ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘮 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐴 (Newa script)
- ଆହ (Odia script)
- ꢃꢲ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆲 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖮 (Siddham script)
- ආහ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑪂 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚩 (Takri script)
- ஆஹ (Tamil script)
- ఆహ (Telugu script)
- อาห (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *HaHā́ȷ́Ha, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaHā́ȷ́Ha, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁e-h₁óǵ-h₂e. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄνωγα (ánōga) and Latin āiō.
Pronunciation
Verb
आह • (ā́ha) third-singular indicative (perfect, root अह्)
- third-person singular perfect of अह् (ah); said, spoke
c. 400 BCE,
Bhagavad Gītā 1.20:
- हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदम्आह महीपते
- hṛṣīkeśaṃ tadā vākyamidamāha mahīpate
- (Arjuna) said these words to Krishna (Hrishikesha), O Lord of the Earth!
Usage notes
This verb is highly defective. The root अह् (ah) has no non-perfect verbal formations.
Conjugation
| Perfect: आह (āha), -
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Active
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Mediopassive
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Dual
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Plural
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Third
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आह
āha
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आहतुः
āhatuḥ
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आहुः
āhuḥ
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-
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| Second
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आत्थ
āttha
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-
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| First
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-
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References