अहं

See also: अहम्, अंहु, अहँ, अहै, अहो, and अहि

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अहम (aham)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहम् (aham). Compare the borrowing of Latin egō into English ego.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.ɦə̃/, [ɛ.ɦɛ̃], /ə.ɦəm/, [ɛ.ɦɛ̃m]

Noun

अहं • (ahã) m (Urdu spelling اہں)

1. ego

Derived terms

• अहंकार (ahaṅkār)
• अहंता (ahantā)

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ahaṃ (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (Brahmi script)
• অহং (Bengali script)
• අහං (Sinhalese script)
• အဟံ or ဢႁံ (Burmese script)
• อหํ or อะหัง (Thai script)
• ᩋᩉᩴ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຫໍ or ອະຫັງ (Lao script)
• អហំ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄦𑄁 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit अहम् (aham).

Pronoun

अहं (ahaṃ)

1. I (1st person personal pronoun)

Declension

Declension table of "म"

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	अहं (ahaṃ)	मयं (mayaṃ) or अम्हे (amhe)
Accusative (second)	मं (maṃ) or ममं (mamaṃ) or मे (me)	अम्हे (amhe) or अस्मे (asme) or अम्हाकं (amhākaṃ) or नो (no)
Instrumental (third)	मया (mayā) or मे (me)	अम्हेहि (amhehi) or नो (no)
Dative (fourth)	मम (mama) or मय्हं (mayhaṃ) or ममं (mamaṃ) or अम्हं (amhaṃ) or मे (me)	अम्हाकं (amhākaṃ) or अस्माकं (asmākaṃ) or अम्हं (amhaṃ) or नो (no)
Ablative (fifth)	मया (mayā) or मे (me)	अम्हेहि (amhehi)
Genitive (sixth)	मम (mama) or मय्हं (mayhaṃ) or ममं (mamaṃ) or अम्हं (amhaṃ) or मे (me)	अम्हाकं (amhākaṃ) or अस्माकं (asmākaṃ) or अम्हं (amhaṃ) or नो (no)
Locative (seventh)	मयि (mayi)	अम्हेसु (amhesu)

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Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɦɐm/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.ɦɐm/

Pronoun

अहं • (ahaṃ)

1. Combining form of अहम् (aham)