आह

Dogri

Interjection

आह (āh) (Perso-Arabic آہ, Dogra 𑠁𑠪)

1. yes

Hindi

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Sanskrit अहह (ahaha).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑːɦ/, [äːʱ]

Interjection

आह • (āh) (Urdu spelling آہ)

1. oh, ah

Noun

आह • (āh) f (Urdu spelling آہ)

1. sigh (usually of sorrow or despair)

   आह लेना/भरना ― āh lenā/bharnā ― to sigh

2. prayer (mostly out of sorrow)

Declension

Declension of आह (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आह āh	आहें āhẽ
oblique	आह āh	आहों āhõ
vocative	आह āh	आहो āho

Old Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit ओष (oṣa).

Noun

आह (āha) m (Modi 𑘁𑘮)

1. heat

References

• Shankar Gopal Tulpule; Anne Feldhaus (1999), “आह”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আহ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬳ (Balinese script)
• আহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• အာဟ (Burmese script)
• આહ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಹ (Kannada script)
• អាហ (Khmer script)
• ອາຫ (Lao script)
• ആഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐴 (Newa script)
• ଆହ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖮 (Siddham script)
• ආහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚩 (Takri script)
• ஆஹ (Tamil script)
• ఆహ (Telugu script)
• อาห (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaHā́dʰa, from a root *Hadʰ. Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬁𐬛𐬁 (ādā, “I say”), 𐬁𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬇 (ādarə̄, “they say”). Unrelated to Latin aiō.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ː.ɦɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɦɐ/

Verb

आह॑ • (ā́ha) third-singular indicative (type P, perfect, root अह्)

1. perfect of अह् (ah, “to say”)
   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 1.21:

     हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदम्आह महीपते

     hṛṣīkeśaṃ tadā vākyamidamāha mahīpate

     (Arjuna) said these words to Krishna (Hrishikesha), O Lord of the Earth!

Usage notes

This verb is highly defective and generally used with present value "(s)he says".

Conjugation

Perfect: आह॑ (ā́ha), -
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	आह॑ ā́ha	आहतुः āhatuḥ	आ॒हुः āhúḥ	-	-	-
Second	आत्थ॑ ā́ttha	आहथुः āhathuḥ	-	-	-	-
First	-	-	-	-	-	-
Participles
	-	-

Descendants

• Pali: āha
• Prakrit: 𑀆𑀳 (āha)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “अह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 124, column 1.
• Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2000), Das Perfekt im Indoiranischen (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert, pages 115-7, 614-6
• Whitney (1889), Sanskrit Grammar, chapter X, §801 a, §821 c
• Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*HaH(a)d”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 153
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ā́ha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press