अह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অহ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အဟ် (Burmese script)
• અહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಹ್ (Kannada script)
• អហ៑ (Khmer script)
• ອຫ຺ (Lao script)
• അഹ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅହ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අහ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• அஹ் (Tamil script)
• అహ్ (Telugu script)
• อหฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hadʰ. Cognate with Old Avestan 𐬁𐬛𐬁 (ādā, “I say”), 𐬁𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬇 (ādarə̄, “they say”). Unrelated to Latin aiō.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɦ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐɦ/

Root

अह् • (ah)

1. to say, call

Derived terms

The verb only occurs as the perfect verb आह (ā́ha). A derived nominal form is निराह (nirāha, “exclamation”).

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 124, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “AH²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 153
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ah”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 16