اوہ

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit असौ (asáu, “that”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oː˦]

Pronoun

اوہ (oh)

1. that, those
2. (distal) he, she, it; that one (distal third person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Pahari-Potwari personal pronouns
Person			Direct	Oblique	Dative	Genitive
1st person	singular		میں (maĩ)		مِکی (mikī)	مہاڑا (mahāṛā)
	plural		اس (as)	اساں (asā̃)	اساں کی (asā̃ kī)	ساڑا (sāṛā), اساں نا (asā̃ nā)
2nd person	informal / singular		توں (tū̃)		تکی (tukī)	تہاڑا (tuhāṛā)
	polite / plural		تس (tus)	تساں (tusā̃)	تساں کی (tusā̃ kī)	تساں نا (tusā̃ nā)
3rd person	proximal	singular	ایہہ (eh)	اِس (is)	اِس کی (is kī)	اِس نا (is nā)
		plural		اِہناں (ihnā̃)	اِہناں کی (ihnā̃ kī)	اِہناں نا (ihnā̃ nā)
	distal	singular	اوہ (oh)	اُس (us)	اُس کی (us kī)	اُس نا (us nā)
		plural		اُہناں (uhnā̃)	اُہناں کی (uhnā̃ kī)	اُہناں نا (uhnā̃ nā)

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit असौ (asáu, “that”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oː˦]

Pronoun

اوہ • (oh) (Gurmukhi spelling ਓਹ)

1. (distal) he, she, it; that one (distal third person singular personal pronoun)
2. those, they

Declension

Declension of اوہ

	singular	plural
direct	اوہ	اوہ
oblique	اوس	اوہناں
vocative	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}
ablative	{{{7}}}	—
locative	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
instrumental	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}

References

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “اوہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “اوہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “asau”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 43

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 (ūhõ)
vocative	اُوہ (ūh)	اُوہو (ūho)

Further reading

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