यह
See also: यहाँ, यही, यहां, यों ही, and यूँ ही
Braj
Pronoun
यह (yah)
- this
- Sūrdās, Sūrsāgar 30.1:
- इहिं बँसुरी सखि सबै चुरायौ
- ihĩ bãsurī sakhi sabai curāyau
- 1991 translation by Rupert Snell
- this flute, friend, has stolen everything
- इहिं बँसुरी सखि सबै चुरायौ
- he, she, it (proximal)
Alternative forms
- ए (e)
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Hindi यहु (yahu), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa एहु m (ehu), एह f (eha), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀲𑁄 m (eso), 𑀏𑀲𑀸 f (esā), from Sanskrit एषः m (eṣaḥ), एषा f (eṣā).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /jəɦ/
- (colloquial) (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /jeː/
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Pronoun
यह • (yah) (Urdu spelling یہ)
- (proximal) this one; he; she; it (proximal third person singular personal pronoun)
- यह कौन है? ― yah kaun hai? ― Who is this [person]?
Coordinate terms
- वह (vah)
Determiner
यह • (yah) (Urdu spelling یہ)
- this
- यह मकान बहुत बड़ा है। ― yah makān bahut baṛā hai. ― This house is large.
Inflection
Declension of यह | ||
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dir. sg. | यह (yah) | |
dir. pl. | ये (ye) | |
singular | plural | |
direct | यह (yah) | ये (ye) |
indirect | इस (is) | इन (in) |
ergative | इसने (isne) | इन्होंने (inhõne) |
genitive | इसका (iskā) | इनका (inkā) |
dative | इसे (ise), इसको (isko) | इन्हें (inhẽ), इनको (inko) |
References
- Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 22
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “यह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “यह”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.