अहि
See also: अहँ, अहै, अहं, अहो, and अंहु
Old Gujarati
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अहि (ahi).
Noun
अहि • (ahi) m
- snake
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- ahi (Latin script)
- 𑀅𑀳𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- অহি (Bengali script)
- අහි (Sinhalese script)
- အဟိ or ဢႁိ (Burmese script)
- อหิ or อะหิ (Thai script)
- ᩋᩉᩥ (Tai Tham script)
- ອຫິ or ອະຫິ (Lao script)
- អហិ (Khmer script)
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
- ᬅᬳᬶ (Balinese script)
- অহি (Assamese script)
- অহি (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰮𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀳𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌅𑌹𑌿 (Grantha script)
- અહિ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਹਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄꦲꦶ (Javanese script)
- អហិ (Khmer script)
- ಅಹಿ (Kannada script)
- ອຫິ (Lao script)
- അഹി (Malayalam script)
- 𑘀𑘮𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠾᢈ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠᡥᡳ (Manchu script)
- အဟိ (Burmese script)
- 𑦠𑧎𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐴𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଅହି (Oriya script)
- ꢂꢲꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆲𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖮𑖰 (Siddham script)
- අහි (Sinhalese script)
- అహి (Telugu script)
- อหิ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཧི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒯𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háźʰiṣ, 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) IPA(key): /ˈɐ.ɦi/
Noun
अहि • (áhi) m
- a snake, serpent
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.86.44:
- अहिर्न जूर्णामति सर्पति त्वचमत्यो न क्रीळन्नसरद्वृषा हरिः ॥
- ahirna jūrṇāmati sarpati tvacamatyo na krīḷannasaradvṛṣā hariḥ .
- He glideth like a serpent from his ancient skin, and like a playful horse the Tawny Steer hath run.
- अहिर्न जूर्णामति सर्पति त्वचमत्यो न क्रीळन्नसरद्वृषा हरिः ॥
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.1.6.2:
- अहींश्च सर्वाञ्जम्भयन्त्सर्वाश्च यातुधा॒न्यः॑ ॥
- ahīṃśca sarvāñjambhayantsarvāśca yātudhānyaḥ .
- [Rudra] confounds all the serpents and all sorceries.
- अहींश्च सर्वाञ्जम्भयन्त्सर्वाश्च यातुधा॒न्यः॑ ॥
- the serpent of the sky, the demon Vritra
- (arithmetic) the number eight
Declension
| Masculine i-stem declension of अहि (áhi) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अहिः áhiḥ | अही áhī | अहयः áhayaḥ |
| Vocative | अहे áhe | अही áhī | अहयः áhayaḥ |
| Accusative | अहिम् áhim | अही áhī | अहीन् áhīn |
| Instrumental | अहिना / अह्या¹ áhinā / áhyā¹ | अहिभ्याम् áhibhyām | अहिभिः áhibhiḥ |
| Dative | अहये / अह्ये² áhaye / áhye² | अहिभ्याम् áhibhyām | अहिभ्यः áhibhyaḥ |
| Ablative | अहेः / अह्यः² áheḥ / áhyaḥ² | अहिभ्याम् áhibhyām | अहिभ्यः áhibhyaḥ |
| Genitive | अहेः / अह्यः² áheḥ / áhyaḥ² | अह्योः áhyoḥ | अहीनाम् áhīnām |
| Locative | अहौ áhau | अह्योः áhyoḥ | अहिषु áhiṣu |
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Descendants
- → Assamese: অহি (ohi)
- → Bengali: অহি (ôhi)
- Dardic:
- Khowar: اي (aī)
- → Marathi: अहि (ahi)
- Pali: ahi
- → Tamil: அகி (aki) (semi-learned)
- → Telugu: అహి (ahi)