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 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

Declension of यह
dir. sg.	यह (yah)
dir. pl.	ये (ye)
	singular	plural
direct	यह (yah)	ये (ye)
indirect	इस (is)	इन (in)
ergative	इसने (isne)	इन्होंने (inhõne)
genitive	इसका (iskā)	इनका (inkā)
dative	इसे (ise), इसको (isko)	इन्हें (inhẽ)

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.