यह

See also: यहाँ, यही, यहां, यों ही, and यूँ ही

Braj

Pronoun

यह (yah)

1. this
   • Sūrdās, Sūrsāgar 30.1:

     इहिं बँसुरी सखि सबै चुरायौ

     ihĩ bãsurī sakhi sabai curāyau

     • 1991 translation by Rupert Snell

       this flute, friend, has stolen everything

2. he, she, it (proximal)

Alternative forms

• ए (e)

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Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi यहु (yahu), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa एहु m (ehu), एह f (eha), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀲𑁄 m (eso), 𑀏𑀲𑀸 f (esā), from Sanskrit एषः m (eṣaḥ), एषा f (eṣā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /jəɦ/
  • (colloquial) (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /jeː/

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Pronoun

यह • (yah) (Urdu spelling يہ‎)

1. this one; he; she; it (proximal third person singular personal pronoun)

   यह कौन है? ― yah kaun hai? ― Who is this [person]?

Coordinate terms

• वह (vah)

Determiner

यह • (yah) (Urdu spelling يہ‎)

1. this

   यह मकान बहुत बड़ा है। ― yah makān bahut baṛā hai. ― This house is large.

Inflection

Declension of यह
direct	यह (yah)
indirect	इस (is)
ergative	इसने (isne)
genitive	इसका (iskā)
dative	इसे (ise) , इसको (isko)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) , “यह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press.
• Platts, John Thompson, “यह”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: William H. Allen and Company, 1884.