आह

Dogri

Interjection

आह (āh) (Perso-Arabic آہ, Dogra 𑠁𑠪)

yes

Hindi

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Sanskrit अहह (ahaha).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑːɦ/, [äːʱ]

Interjection

आह • (āh) (Urdu spelling آہ)

oh, ah

Noun

आह • (āh) f (Urdu spelling آہ)

sigh (usually of sorrow or despair)
आह लेना/भरना ― āh lenā/bharnā ― to sigh
prayer (mostly out of sorrow)

Declension

Declension of आह (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आह āh	आहें āhẽ
oblique	आह āh	आहों āhõ
vocative	आह āh	आहो āho

Old Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit ओष (oṣa).

Noun

आह (āha) m (Modi 𑘁𑘮)

heat

References

Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

আহ (Assamese script)
ᬆᬳ (Balinese script)
আহ (Bengali script)
𑰁𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀆𑀳 (Brahmi script)
အာဟ (Burmese script)
આહ (Gujarati script)
ਆਹ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌆𑌹 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
𑂄𑂯 (Kaithi script)
ಆಹ (Kannada script)
អាហ (Khmer script)
ອາຫ (Lao script)
ആഹ (Malayalam script)
ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘁𑘮 (Modi script)
ᠠᢗᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦡𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
𑐁𑐴 (Newa script)
ଆହ (Odia script)
ꢃꢲ (Saurashtra script)
𑆄𑆲 (Sharada script)
𑖁𑖮 (Siddham script)
ආහ (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩛𑪂 (Soyombo script)
𑚁𑚩 (Takri script)
ஆஹ (Tamil script)
ఆహ (Telugu script)
อาห (Thai script)
ཨཱ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
𑒂𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨊𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *HaHā́ȷ́Ha, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaHā́ȷ́Ha, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁e-h₁óǵ-h₂e. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄνωγα (ánōga) and Latin āiō.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ː.ɦɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.ɦɐ/

Verb

आह • (ā́ha) third-singular present indicative (root अह्, perfect)

third-person singular perfect of अह् (ah); said, spoke
- c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 1.20:
  हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदमाह महीपते
  hṛṣīkeśaṃ tadā vākyamidamāha mahīpate
  (Arjuna) said these words to Krishna (Hrishikesha), O Lord of the Earth!

Usage notes

This verb is highly defective. The root अह् (ah) has no non-perfect verbal formations.

Conjugation

Perfect: आह (āha), -
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	आह āha	आहतुः āhatuḥ	आहुः āhuḥ	-	-	-
Second	आत्थ āttha	-	-	-	-	-
First	-	-	-	-	-	-
Participles
	-	-

References

Monier Williams (1899) “आह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 162.

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