وہی

Urdu

Etymology

Univerbation of وہ (vo) +‎ ہی (hī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋə.ɦiː/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ʋoː.ɦiː/

Pronoun

وَہِی • (vahī) (Hindi spelling वही)

1. (emphatic) he, she, it, they, that, those

   یہ حَرْکَت وَہی کَر سَکْتا ہَے۔

   ye harkat vahī kar saktā hai.

   Only he/it can carry out this act.

   مُجھے وَہی چاہِیے۔

   mujhe vahī cāhiye.

   I want just that/those.

Adjective

وَہِی • (vahī) (Hindi spelling वही)

1. that very, the same

   وہ وَہی آدمی ہَے جِسے مَیں نے دُکان پَر دیکھا تھا۔

   vo vahī ādmī hai jise ma͠i ne dukān par dekhā thā.

   He is that very/the same man whom I saw at the shop.

References

• “وہی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• “وہی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.