अहि
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अहि (ahi)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.ɦiː/, [ɐ.ɦiː]
Noun
अहि • (ahi) m
Old Gujarati
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अहि (ahi).
Noun
अहि • (ahi) m
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
अहि m
- Devanagari script form of ahi (“snake”)
Declension
Declension table of "अहि" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | अहि (ahi) | अहयो (ahayo) or अही (ahī) |
| Accusative (second) | अहिं (ahiṃ) | अहयो (ahayo) or अही (ahī) |
| Instrumental (third) | अहिना (ahinā) | अहीहि (ahīhi) or अहीभि (ahībhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | अहिस्स (ahissa) or अहिनो (ahino) | अहीनं (ahīnaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | अहिस्मा (ahismā) or अहिम्हा (ahimhā) | अहीहि (ahīhi) or अहीभि (ahībhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | अहिस्स (ahissa) or अहिनो (ahino) | अहीनं (ahīnaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | अहिस्मिं (ahismiṃ) or अहिम्हि (ahimhi) | अहीसु (ahīsu) |
| Vocative (calling) | अहि (ahi) | अहयो (ahayo) or अही (ahī) |
Verb
अहि
- Devanagari script form of ahi, which is second-person singular imperative active of अत्थि (atthi, “to be”)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অহি (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬳᬶ (Balinese script)
- অহি (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰮𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀳𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- အဟိ (Burmese script)
- અહિ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਹਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌹𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦲꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂯𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಹಿ (Kannada script)
- អហិ (Khmer script)
- ອຫິ (Lao script)
- അഹി (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡥᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘮𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧎𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐴𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଅହି (Odia script)
- ꢂꢲꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆲𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖮𑖰 (Siddham script)
- අහි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑪂𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚩𑚮 (Takri script)
- அஹி (Tamil script)
- అహి (Telugu script)
- อหิ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཧི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒯𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨱𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háǰʰiš (“snake, serpent”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis (“snake”). Cognates include Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži), Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis), Old Armenian իժ (iž).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́.ɦi/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɦi/
Noun
अहि॑ • (áhi) stem, m
- a snake, serpent
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.1.6.2:
- अहींश् च सर्वां जम्भयन्त् सर्वाश् च यातुधान्यः ॥
- ahīṃś ca sarvāṃ jambhayant sarvāś ca yātudhānyaḥ.
- [Rudra] confounds all the serpents and all sorceries.
- अहींश् च सर्वां जम्भयन्त् सर्वाश् च यातुधान्यः ॥
- the serpent of the sky, the demon Vritra
- (arithmetic) the number eight
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अहिः॑ (áhiḥ) | अही॑ (áhī) | अह॑यः (áhayaḥ) |
| accusative | अहि॑म् (áhim) | अही॑ (áhī) | अही॑न् (áhīn) |
| instrumental | अहि॑ना (áhinā) अह्या॑¹ (áhyā¹) |
अहि॑भ्याम् (áhibhyām) | अहि॑भिः (áhibhiḥ) |
| dative | अह॑ये (áhaye) | अहि॑भ्याम् (áhibhyām) | अहि॑भ्यः (áhibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अहेः॑ (áheḥ) अह्यः॑¹ (áhyaḥ¹) |
अहि॑भ्याम् (áhibhyām) | अहि॑भ्यः (áhibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अहेः॑ (áheḥ) अह्यः॑¹ (áhyaḥ¹) |
अह्योः॑ (áhyoḥ) | अही॑नाम् (áhīnām) |
| locative | अहौ॑ (áhau) अहा॑¹ (áhā¹) |
अह्योः॑ (áhyoḥ) | अहि॑षु (áhiṣu) |
| vocative | अहे॑ (áhe) | अही॑ (áhī) | अह॑यः (áhayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Khowar: آیی (ayí)
- Pali: ahi
- → Assamese: অহি (ohi)
- → Bengali: অহি (ohi)
- → Marathi: अहि (ahi)
- → Tamil: அகி (aki)
- → Telugu: అహి (ahi)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “अहि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 125, column 1.