हा

See also: हाँ and हां

Marathi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦa/

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Pronoun

हा • (hā)

1. he (proximal)

   हा सुरेश.

   hā sureś.

   He (proximal) is Suresh.

2. this

   हा खोका खूप मोठा आहे.

   hā khokā khūp moṭhā āhe.

   This box is very big.

See also

• तो (to, “he; that”)
• हे (he, “it (proximal); this”), ही (hī, “she (proximal); this”).

Newar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha]

Etymology 1

Noun

हा • (hā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐴𑐵)

1. bee

Etymology 2

Noun

हा • (hā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐴𑐵)

1. root of a plant, tree, etc.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হা (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬵ (Balinese script)
• হা (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဟာ (Burmese script)
• હા (Gujarati script)
• ਹਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಹಾ (Kannada script)
• ហា (Khmer script)
• ຫາ (Lao script)
• ഹാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐵 (Newa script)
• ହା (Odia script)
• ꢲꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖯 (Siddham script)
• හා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஹா (Tamil script)
• హా (Telugu script)
• หา (Thai script)
• ཧཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɦɑː/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). This root is not always easily distinguishable from the one below, and many derived terms of that root are perhaps originally derived from this one.

Root

हा • (hā)

1. to start or spring forward, bound away, give way to [+dative]
2. to spring or leap upon
3. to go or depart or betake one's self to have recourse to [+accusative]
4. to fall or come into any state

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हा‎ (0 c, 5 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• जिहीते (jíhīte, Present)
• हास्यते (hāsyáte, Future)
• हाता (hātā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अहास्त (áhāsta, Aorist)
• जहे (jahé, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• हायते (hāyáte, Passive)
• अहायि (áhāyi, Passive)
• हापयति (hāpáyati, Causative)
• अजीहपत् (ájīhapat, Causative)
• जिहीषते (jihīṣate, Desiderative)
• जाहायते (jāhāyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• हातुम् (hā́tum, Infinitive)
• हात्वा (hātvā́, Gerund)
• हान (hāná, Past Participle)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰaH-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-. This root is not always easily distinguishable from the one above, and many derived terms of that root are perhaps originally derived from this one.

Root

हा • (hā)

1. to leave, abandon, desert, quit, forsake, relinquish
2. to discharge, emit.
3. to put away, take off, remove, lay aside, give up, renounce, resign, avoid, shun, abstain or refrain from.
4. to disregard, neglect.
5. to lose, be deprived of.
6. to get rid of. escape from.
7. to cause to emit (with शर्धम्, ‘to cause to break wind’)
8. to be left behind, fall short of (abl.).
9. to be excluded from or bereft of
10. to be overtaken by (instr.).
11. to be deficient or wanting, suffer loss or injury, fail (also in a lawsuit), decrease, wane, decline, come to an end.
12. to weigh less (at the ordeal of the balance).
13. to be given up or avoided. (v.l.)
14. to be subtracted.
15. to become detached from (with abl. or instr.), fall out (as hair)
16. to omit, neglect.
17. to fall short of. be wanting in (acc.).
18. to give up
19. to lose
20. to abandon

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हा‎ (0 c, 5 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• जहाति (jáhāti, Present)
• हास्यति (hāsyáti, Future)
• हाता (hātā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अहासीत् (áhāsīt, Aorist)
• जहौ (jaháu, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• हीयते (hīyáte, Passive)
• अहायि (áhāyi, Passive)
• हापयति (hāpáyati, Causative)
• अजीहपत् (ájīhapat, Causative)
• जिहासति (jihāsati, Desiderative)
• जेहीयते (jehīyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• हातुम् (hātum, Infinitive)
• हित्वा (hitvā́, Gerund)
• हीन (hīná, Past Participle)
• हात (hātá, Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• हायक (hāyaka)
• हायिन् (hāyin)
• हान (hāna)
• हातव्य (hātavya)
• हानि (hāni)
• हेय (heya)
• हापन (hāpana)
• जिहासा (jihāsā)
• जिहासु (jihāsu)
• जहक (jahaka)
• जहाक (jahāka)
• जहन (jahana)
• -ह (-ha)

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

हा • (hā)

1. oh, alas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1296, column 1.
• Monier Williams (1899) “हा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1296, column 2.