आह

Dogri

Interjection

आह (āh) (Perso-Arabic آہ, Dogra 𑠁𑠪)

1. yes

Hindi

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Sanskrit अहह (ahaha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑːɦ/, [äːʱ]

Interjection

आह • (āh) (Urdu spelling آہ)

1. oh, ah

Noun

आह • (āh) f (Urdu spelling آہ)

1. sigh (usually of sorrow or despair)

   आह लेना/भरना ― āh lenā/bharnā ― to sigh

2. 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)

1. heat

References

• Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “आह”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.ɦɐ/

Verb

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

1. third-person singular perfect of अह् (ah); said, spoke
   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 1.20:

     हृषीकेशं तदा वाक्यमिदम्आह 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.