हो

Inherited from Old Hindi होइ (hoi), from Prakrit 𑀳𑁄𑀇 (hoi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑀺 (hoti), from 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺 (bhavati), from Sanskrit भव॑ति (bhávati), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦoː/

हो • (ho) (Urdu spelling ہو)

1. inflection of होना (honā, “to be”):
   1. stem
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   4. second-person plural present subjunctive
   5. second-person singular present imperative

हो • (ho) m (Latin script ?, Kannada script ?)

1. he (proximal)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘮𑘻 (ho), 𑘮𑘰𑘽 (hāṃ), from Sanskrit आम् (ām, “yes”). Cognate to Hindi हाँ (hā̃). Doublet of होय (hoy).

• IPA^(key): /ɦo/

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हो • (ho)

1. yes

   Antonym: नाही (nāhī)

   हो, मी भारतीय आहे.

   ho, mī bhārtīy āhe.

   Yes, I am Indian.

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “हो”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ām”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

• IPA^(key): [ɦo]
• Phonetic Devanagari: हो

हो • (ho)

1. yes

हो • (ho)

1. third-person singular low-respect defining present of हुनु (hunu)

A natural expression found in many languages, compare English ho.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ́w/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦoː/

हो • (hó)

1. used in calling a person: ho!
2. expression of surprise

• Hindi: हो (ho)

• हे (he)

• Monier Williams (1899), “हो”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1305, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “hó”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 821
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “hṓ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 819
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “ho”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.