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)

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 یہ‎)

1. (proximal) 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 یہ‎)

1. this

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

Inflection

Pronoun declension of यह

	singular	plural
direct	यह yah	ये ye
indirect	इस is	इन in
ergative	इसने isne	इन्होंने inhõne
genitive	इसका iskā	इनका inkā
dative	इसे, इसको ise, isko	इन्हें, इनको inhẽ, inko
instrumental/ablative	इससे isse	इनसे inse
inessive	इसमें ismẽ	इनमें inmẽ
adessive	इसपे, इसपर ispe, ispar	इनपे, इनपर inpe, inpar
terminative	इसतक istak	इनतक intak
semblative	इससा issā	इनसा insā

Further reading

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