एह

Inherited from Prakrit एईस (eīsa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𐨀𐨅𐨡𐨁𐨭 (ediśa), from Sanskrit ईदृश (īdṛśa). Doublet of अइस (aïsa).

एह (eha) ^[1][2]

1. like this, such

• *एह-ड-अ (eha-ḍa-a) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-))
  • Old Braj: एहडा (ehḍā, “of this sort”)
  • Old Punjabi: ਏਹੜੁ (ehaṛu, “distractions”)

• Old Bengali: এহু (“such”)
• ⇒ Old Punjabi: ਇਨੇਹਾ ((in)ehā, “such, of such a kind, like this”), ਇਵੇਹਾ ((iv)ehā, “such, of such a kind, like this”)

From the root ईह् (īh, “to long for, desire”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐj.ɦɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.ɦɐ/

एह • (ehá) stem

1. desiring, wishing
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

• Monier Williams (1899) “एह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 233, column 1.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “एह”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 502