हा

See also: हाँ and हां

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɑː/, [ɦäː]

Etymology 1

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Interjection

हा • (hā)

1. an expression of amusement

Derived terms

• हाहा (hāhā)
• हाहा-ठीठी (hāhā-ṭhīṭhī)
• हाहा-हीही (hāhā-hīhī)
• हाहा-हूहू (hāhā-hūhū)

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀳𑀸 (hā), from Sanskrit हा (hā), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.

Interjection

हा • (hā)

1. an exclamation of distress, affliction or fear; alas

Noun

हा • (hā) m

1. sound of distress, affliction, or fear
2. uproar, tumult

Declension

Declension of हा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हा hā	हे he
oblique	हे he	हों hõ
vocative	हे he	हो ho

Derived terms

• हा करना (hā karnā)
• हा खाना (hā khānā)
• हाहा (hāhā)
• हाहाकार (hāhākār)

 

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Classical Persian ـها (-hā).

Suffix

हा • (hā)

1. (poetic) plural marker (used chiefly in ezafe-constructs)
   • Brij Narayan Chakbast, रामायण का एक सीन:

     जुंबिश हुई लबों को भरी एक सर्द आह
     ली गोशा-हा-ए-चश्म से अश्कों ने रुख़ की राह

     jumbiś huī labõ ko bharī ek sard āh
     lī gośā-hā-e-caśma se aśkõ ne rux kī rāh

     Heaved a cold sigh unto the lips put into motion
     Tears took the way to face from the corners of eyes.

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦa/

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Pronoun

हा • (hā)

1. he (proximal)

   हा सुरेश.

   hā sureś.

   He (proximal) is Suresh.

2. this

   हा खोका खूप मोठा आहे.

   hā khokā khūp moṭhā āhe.

   This box is very big.

See also

• तो (to, “he; that”)
• हे (he, “it (proximal); this”), ही (hī, “she (proximal); this”).

Newar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha]

Etymology 1

Noun

हा • (hā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐴𑐵)

1. bee

Etymology 2

Noun

हा • (hā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐴𑐵)

1. root of a plant, tree, etc.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হা (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬵ (Balinese script)
• হা (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဟာ (Burmese script)
• હા (Gujarati script)
• ਹਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಹಾ (Kannada script)
• ហា (Khmer script)
• ຫາ (Lao script)
• ഹാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐵 (Newa script)
• ହା (Odia script)
• ꢲꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖯 (Siddham script)
• හා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஹா (Tamil script)
• హా (Telugu script)
• หา (Thai script)
• ཧཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦɑː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰaH-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-. This root is not always easily distinguishable from the one below, and some derived terms of that root are perhaps originally derived from this one.

Root

हा • (hā)

1. to leave, abandon, desert, quit, forsake, relinquish
2. to discharge, emit.
3. to put away, take off, remove, lay aside, give up, renounce, resign, avoid, shun, abstain or refrain from.
4. to disregard, neglect.
5. to lose, be deprived of.
6. to get rid of. escape from.
7. to cause to emit (with शर्धम्, ‘to cause to break wind’)

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हा‎ (0 c, 7 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• जहाति (jáhāti, Present)
• हास्यति (hāsyáti, Future)
• जहिष्यति (jahiṣyati, Future)
• हाता (hātā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अहासीत् (áhāsīt, Aorist)
• हेयात् (heyāt, Benedictive)
• जहौ (jaháu, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• हीयते (hīyáte, Passive)
• अहायि (áhāyi, Passive Aorist)
• हापयति (hāpáyati, Causative)
• अजीहपत् (ájīhapat, Causative Aorist)
• जिहासति (jihāsati, Desiderative)
• जेहीयते (jehīyate, Intensive)
• जाहाति (jāhāti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• हीन (hīná, Past Participle)
• हात (hāta, Past Participle)
• जहित (jahitá, Past Participle)
• हातुम् (hātum, Infinitive)
• हित्वा (hitvā́, Gerund)
• हित्वी (hitvī́, Gerund)
• हित्वाय (hitvā́ya, Gerund)
• हेय (heya, Gerundive)
• हातव्य (hātavya, Gerundive)
• जिहासु (jihāsu, Desiderative Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• हायक (hāyaka)
• हायिन् (hāyin)
• हान (hāna)
• हानि (hāni)
• हापन (hāpana)
• जिहासा (jihāsā)
• जहक (jahaka)
• जहाक (jáhāka)
• जहन (jahana)
• -ह (-ha)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अपहा (apahā)
• अवहा (avahā)
• परिहा (parihā)
• प्रहा (prahā)
• विहा (vihā)
• संहा (saṃhā)

Etymology 2

From the middle voice of the same Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₁- as the root above. This root is not always easily distinguishable from the one above, and some derived terms of that root are perhaps originally derived from this one.

Root

हा • (hā)

1. to start or spring forward, bound away, give way to [with dative]
2. to spring or leap upon
3. to go or depart or betake one's self to have recourse to [with accusative]
4. to fall or come into any state

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हा‎ (0 c, 7 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• जिहीते (jíhīte, Present)
• हास्यते (hāsyáte, Future)
• हाता (hātā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अहास्त (áhāsta, Aorist)
• जहे (jahé, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• हायते (hāyáte, Passive)
• अहायि (áhāyi, Passive)
• हापयति (hāpáyati, Causative)
• अजीहपत् (ájīhapat, Causative)
• जिहीषते (jihīṣate, Desiderative)
• जाहायते (jāhāyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• हान (hāná, Past Participle)
• हातुम् (hā́tum, Infinitive)
• हात्वा (hātvā́, Gerund)

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

हा • (hā)

1. oh, alas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1296.
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 172-173
• Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²: page 25