اوہ

Shina

Particle

اوہ (oh)

1. yes

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /uːɦ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit अहह (ahaha).

Interjection

اُوہ • (ūh) (Hindi spelling ऊह)

1. oh no! (an interjection used for expressing sorrow, pain or distress)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ऊह (ūha), ultimately from the root ऊह् (ūh).

Noun

اُوہ • (ūh) m (Hindi spelling ऊह)

1. reasoning, deliberation, inference
2. inferring and denying
3. uncertainty, indecision

Declension

Declension of اوہ
	singular	plural
direct	اُوہ (ūh)	اُوہ (ūh)
oblique	اُوہ (ūh)	اُوہوں (ūhō̃)
vocative	اُوہ (ūh)	اُوہو (ūhō)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “ūh”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.