اوہ
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit असौ (asáu, “that”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [oː˦]
Pronoun
اوہ (oh)
See also
| personal pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | Direct | Oblique | Dative | Genitive | ||
| 1st person | singular | میں (maĩ) | مِکی (mikī) | مہاڑا (mahāṛā) | ||
| plural | اس (as) | اساں (asā̃) | اساں کی (asā̃ kī) | ساڑا (sāṛā) اساں نا (asā̃ nā) | ||
| 2nd person | informal / singular | توں (tū̃) | تکی (tukī) | تہاڑا (tuhāṛā) | ||
| polite / plural | تس (tus) | تساں (tusā̃) | تساں کی (tusā̃ kī) | تساں نا (tusā̃ nā) | ||
| 3rd person | proximal | singular | ایہہ (eh) | اِس (is) | اِس کی (is kī) | اِس نا (is nā) |
| plural | اِہناں (ihnā̃) | اِہناں کی (ihnā̃ kī) | اِہناں نا (ihnā̃ nā) | |||
| distal | singular | اوہ (oh) | اُس (us) | اُس کی (us kī) | اُس نا (us nā) | |
| plural | اُہناں (uhnā̃) | اُہناں کی (uhnā̃ kī) | اُہناں نا (uhnā̃ nā) | |||
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit असौ (asáu, “that”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [oː˦]
Pronoun
اوہ • (oh) (Gurmukhi spelling ਓਹ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اوہ | اوہ |
| oblique | اوس | اوہناں |
| vocative | {{{5}}} | {{{6}}} |
| ablative | {{{7}}} | — |
| locative | {{{8}}} | {{{9}}} |
| instrumental | {{{10}}} | {{{11}}} |
References
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “اوہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
- “اوہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “asau”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 43
Shina
Particle
اوہ (oh)
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /uːɦ/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sanskrit अहह (ahaha).
Interjection
اُوہ • (ūh) (Hindi spelling ऊह)
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ऊह (ūha), ultimately from the root ऊह् (ūh).
Noun
اُوہ • (ūh) m (Hindi spelling ऊह)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اُوہ (ūh) | اُوہ (ūh) |
| oblique | اُوہ (ūh) | اُوہوں (ūhõ) |
| vocative | اُوہ (ūh) | اُوہو (ūho) |
Further reading
- Platts, John T. (1884), “ūh”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.