अह

See also: अह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • অহ (Assamese script)
  • ᬅᬳ (Balinese script)
  • অহ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰀𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀅𑀳 (Brahmi script)
  • အဟ (Burmese script)
  • અહ (Gujarati script)
  • ਅਹ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌅𑌹 (Grantha script)
  • ꦄꦲ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂃𑂯 (Kaithi script)
  • ಅಹ (Kannada script)
  • អហ (Khmer script)
  • ອຫ (Lao script)
  • അഹ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘀𑘮 (Modi script)
  • ᠠᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦠𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐀𑐴 (Newa script)
  • ଅହ (Odia script)
  • ꢂꢲ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆃𑆲 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖀𑖮 (Siddham script)
  • අහ (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑪂 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚀𑚩 (Takri script)
  • அஹ (Tamil script)
  • అహ (Telugu script)
  • อห (Thai script)
  • ཨ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒁𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é + *gʰe (whence ह (ha, emphatic particle)).[1] Or onomatopoeic, compare अहह (ahaha).[2]

Pronunciation

Particle

अह • (áha)[3]

  1. surely, certainly
  2. namely (ŚBr.)

References

  1. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 286: “(*é gʰe)”
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “áha”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 153
  3. ^ Monier Williams (1899), “अह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 124, column 1.
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