वही

See also: वहाँ, वाह, वह, and वह्

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.ɦiː/

Pronoun

वही • (vahī) (Urdu spelling وہی‎)

1. (emphatic) that, that very one

Adjective

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

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ʋə.ɦi/, [ʋʱəiː]

Noun

वही • (vahī) f

1. notebook

Declension

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 ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• 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