वही

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From वह (vah, that) +‎ ही (, emphatic particle).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋə.ɦiː/

Pronoun[edit]

वही (vahī) (Urdu spelling وہی‎)

  1. (emphatic) that, that very one

Adjective[edit]

वही (vahī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling وہی‎)

  1. the same
    वह वही आदमी है जो मैंने दुकान में देखा था।
    vah vahī ādmī hai jo mainne dukān mẽ dekhā thā.
    He is the same man that I saw in shop.
  2. identical

Marathi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Marathi वही (vahī), वैही (vaihī), वैह्य (vaihya), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀳𑀺𑀬𑀸 (vahiyā), from Sanskrit वहिका (vahikā). Cognate to Gujarati વહી (vahī), Hindi बही (bahī), Sindhi وَهِي‎ / वही, Punjabi ਵਹੀ (vahī), ਬਹੀ (bahī), Oriya ବହି (bôhi), ବଇ (bôi), Bengali বই (boi), Assamese বহী (bohi).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʋə.ɦi/, [ʋʱəiː]

Noun[edit]

वही (vahīf

  1. notebook

Declension[edit]

Declension of वही (vahī)
direct
singular
वही
vahī
direct
plural
वह्या
vahyā
singular plural
nominative वही
vahī
वह्या
vahyā
oblique वही-
vahi-
वह्यां-
vahyāN-
dative वहीला
vahilā
वह्यांना
vahyāNnā
ergative वहीने
vahine
वह्यांनी
vahyāNni
instrumental वहीशी
vahiśi
वह्यांशी
vahyāNśi
locative वहीत
vahit
वह्यांत
vahyāNt
vocative वही
vahi
वह्यांनो
vahyāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of वही
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject वहीचा
vahiċā
वहीचे
vahice
वहीची
vahici
वहीच्या
vahica
वहीचे, वहीचं
vahice, vahiċa
वहीची
vahici
वहीच्या
vahica
plural subject वह्यांचा
vahyāNċā
वह्यांचे
vahyāNce
वह्यांची
vahyāNci
वह्यांच्या
vahyāNca
वह्यांचे, वह्यांचं
vahyāNce, vahyāNċa
वह्यांची
vahyāNci
वह्यांच्या
vahyāNca
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References[edit]

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “वही”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “वही”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vahikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press