वही

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Hindi

Etymology

From वह (vah, that) +‎ ही (, emphatic particle).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋə.ɦiː/,

Pronoun

वही (vahī) (Urdu spelling وہی)

  1. (emphatic) that, that very one

Adjective

वही (vahī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling وہی)

  1. the same
    वह वही आदमी है जो मैंने दुकान में देखा था।
    vah vahī ādmī hai jo ma͠ine dukān mẽ dekhā thā.
    He is the same man that I saw in shop.
  2. identical

Coordinate terms

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi वही (vahī), वैही (vaihī), वैह्य (vaihya), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀳𑀺𑀬𑀸 (vahiyā), from Sanskrit वहिका (vahikā). Cognate to Gujarati વહી (vahī), Hindi बही (bahī), Sindhi وَهِي / वही, Punjabi ਵਹੀ (vahī), ਬਹੀ (bahī), Odia ବହି (bôhi), ବଇ (bôi), Bengali বই (boi), Assamese বহী (bohi).

Pronunciation

Noun

वही (vahīf

  1. notebook

Declension

Declension of वही (fem ī-stem)
direct
singular
वही
vahī
direct
plural
वह्या
vahyā
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
वही
vahī
वह्या
vahyā
oblique
सामान्यरूप
वही
vahī
वह्यां-
vahyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
वहीला
vahīlā
वह्यांना
vahyānnā
ergative वहीने, वहीनं
vahīne, vahīna
वह्यांनी
vahyānnī
instrumental वहीशी
vahīśī
वह्यांशी
vahyānśī
locative
सप्तमी
वहीत
vahīt
वह्यांत
vahyāt
vocative
संबोधन
वही
vahī
वह्यांनो
vahyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of वही (fem ī-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
वहीचा
vahīċā
वहीचे
vahīċe
वहीची
vahīcī
वहीच्या
vahīcā
वहीचे, वहीचं
vahīċe, vahīċa
वहीची
vahīcī
वहीच्या
vahīcā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
वह्यांचा
vahyānċā
वह्यांचे
vahyānċe
वह्यांची
vahyāñcī
वह्यांच्या
vahyāncā
वह्यांचे, वह्यांचं
vahyānċe, vahyānċa
वह्यांची
vahyāñcī
वह्यांच्या
vahyāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “वही”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वही”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vahikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press