एह

Apabhramsa

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit एईस (eīsa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𐨀𐨅𐨡𐨁𐨭 (ediśa), from Sanskrit ईदृश (īdṛśa). Doublet of अइस (aïsa).

Adjective

एह (eha)

1. like this, such

Derived terms

• *एह-ड-अ (*eha-ḍa-a) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-))
  • Old Braj: एहडा (ehḍā, “of this sort”)
  • Old Punjabi: ਏਹੜੁ (ehaṛu, “distractions”)

Descendants

• Old Bengali: এহু (“such”)
• ⇒ Old Punjabi: ਇਨੇਹਾ ((in)ehā, “such, of such a kind, like this”), ਇਵੇਹਾ ((iv)ehā, “such, of such a kind, like this”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• এহ (Assamese script)
• ᬏᬳ (Balinese script)
• এহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰊𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀏𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• ဧဟ (Burmese script)
• એહ (Gujarati script)
• ਏਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌏𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦌꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂉𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ಏಹ (Kannada script)
• ឯហ (Khmer script)
• ເອຫ (Lao script)
• ഏഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᡝᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘊𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᠧᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦪𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐊𑐴 (Newa script)
• ଏହ (Odia script)
• ꢍꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆍𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖊𑖮 (Siddham script)
• එහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩔𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚆𑚩 (Takri script)
• ஏஹ (Tamil script)
• ఏహ (Telugu script)
• เอห (Thai script)
• ཨེ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒋𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨄𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root ईह् (īh, “to long for, desire”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐi̯.ɦɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /eː.ɦɐ/

Adjective

ए॒ह • (ehá) stem

1. desiring, wishing
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ए॒ह

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ए॒हः (eháḥ)	ए॒हौ (eháu) ए॒हा¹ (ehā́¹)	ए॒हाः (ehā́ḥ) ए॒हासः॑¹ (ehā́saḥ¹)
accusative	ए॒हम् (ehám)	ए॒हौ (eháu) ए॒हा¹ (ehā́¹)	ए॒हान् (ehā́n)
instrumental	ए॒हेन॑ (ehéna)	ए॒हाभ्या॑म् (ehā́bhyām)	ए॒हैः (eháiḥ) ए॒हेभिः॑¹ (ehébhiḥ¹)
dative	ए॒हाय॑ (ehā́ya)	ए॒हाभ्या॑म् (ehā́bhyām)	ए॒हेभ्यः॑ (ehébhyaḥ)
ablative	ए॒हात् (ehā́t)	ए॒हाभ्या॑म् (ehā́bhyām)	ए॒हेभ्यः॑ (ehébhyaḥ)
genitive	ए॒हस्य॑ (ehásya)	ए॒हयोः॑ (eháyoḥ)	ए॒हाना॑म् (ehā́nām)
locative	ए॒हे (ehé)	ए॒हयोः॑ (eháyoḥ)	ए॒हेषु॑ (ehéṣu)
vocative	एह॑ (éha)	एहौ॑ (éhau) एहा॑¹ (éhā¹)	एहाः॑ (éhāḥ) एहा॑सः¹ (éhāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of ए॒हा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ए॒हा (ehā́)	ए॒हे (ehé)	ए॒हाः (ehā́ḥ)
accusative	ए॒हाम् (ehā́m)	ए॒हे (ehé)	ए॒हाः (ehā́ḥ)
instrumental	ए॒हया॑ (eháyā) ए॒हा¹ (ehā́¹)	ए॒हाभ्या॑म् (ehā́bhyām)	ए॒हाभिः॑ (ehā́bhiḥ)
dative	ए॒हायै॑ (ehā́yai)	ए॒हाभ्या॑म् (ehā́bhyām)	ए॒हाभ्यः॑ (ehā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	ए॒हायाः॑ (ehā́yāḥ) ए॒हायै॑² (ehā́yai²)	ए॒हाभ्या॑म् (ehā́bhyām)	ए॒हाभ्यः॑ (ehā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	ए॒हायाः॑ (ehā́yāḥ) ए॒हायै॑² (ehā́yai²)	ए॒हयोः॑ (eháyoḥ)	ए॒हाना॑म् (ehā́nām)
locative	ए॒हाया॑म् (ehā́yām)	ए॒हयोः॑ (eháyoḥ)	ए॒हासु॑ (ehā́su)
vocative	एहे॑ (éhe)	एहे॑ (éhe)	एहाः॑ (éhāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of ए॒ह

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ए॒हम् (ehám)	ए॒हे (ehé)	ए॒हानि॑ (ehā́ni) ए॒हा¹ (ehā́¹)
accusative	ए॒हम् (ehám)	ए॒हे (ehé)	ए॒हानि॑ (ehā́ni) ए॒हा¹ (ehā́¹)
instrumental	ए॒हेन॑ (ehéna)	ए॒हाभ्या॑म् (ehā́bhyām)	ए॒हैः (eháiḥ) ए॒हेभिः॑¹ (ehébhiḥ¹)
dative	ए॒हाय॑ (ehā́ya)	ए॒हाभ्या॑म् (ehā́bhyām)	ए॒हेभ्यः॑ (ehébhyaḥ)
ablative	ए॒हात् (ehā́t)	ए॒हाभ्या॑म् (ehā́bhyām)	ए॒हेभ्यः॑ (ehébhyaḥ)
genitive	ए॒हस्य॑ (ehásya)	ए॒हयोः॑ (eháyoḥ)	ए॒हाना॑म् (ehā́nām)
locative	ए॒हे (ehé)	ए॒हयोः॑ (eháyoḥ)	ए॒हेषु॑ (ehéṣu)
vocative	एह॑ (éha)	एहे॑ (éhe)	एहा॑नि (éhāni) एहा॑¹ (éhā¹)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “एह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 233, column 1.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “एह”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 502