হ্যাঁ

হ্যাঁ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• হাঁ (hã)
• অ্যাঁ (ôẏã), এ্যাঁ (eẏã) – Vaṅga

Etymology

A variant of the now rarer হাঁ (hã), ultimately from Sanskrit आम् (ām, “yes”), itself a variant of ॐ (oṃ). Cognate to Hindi हाँ (hā̃). The emphatic consonant is from হওয়া (hôwa, “to be”), truncated from Prakrit 𑀪𑀯𑀇 (bhavaï), from Sanskrit भवति (bhavati), and the influence of this verb occurs in other Indo-Aryan languages as well.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛ̃/

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Particle

হ্যাঁ • (hẏã)

1. yes

References

1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*ām²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press