As a deity name
Name 90 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अह · noun · masculine
दिन · विष्णु · सूर्य — Śabdasāgara
अह
अव्य [सं॰ अहह] एक अव्यय संबोधन । आश्चर्य खेद और क्लेश अदि में इसका प्रयोग होता हैं; जैसे — अह ! तुमने बड़ी मूर्खता की (शब्द॰) — Śabdasāgara
अह · ah · s.f.
Egotism, self-conceit, pride, self-sufficiency — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 109
अह · ah · s.f.
Difficulty, trouble, trial — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 109
Cited formation "अह" is अ- + ह: ह means "the thirty-third consonant in Hindi", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "अह" is अ- + ह: ह means "the thirty-third consonant in Hindi", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
surely, certainly
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "aha" is the vocative of "asmad" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. aha ind. (as a particle implying ascertainment, affirmation, certainty, &c.) surely, certainly, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.
(as explaining, defining) namely, ŚBr.
(as admitting, limiting, &c.) it is true, I grant, granted, indeed, at least, ŚBr. [For the rules of accentuation necessitated in a phrase by the particle aha cf. Pāṇ. viii, 1, 24 seqq.]
(also) a particle answering to ha in a preceding sentence (ha — aha = μὲν — δέ), Gaṇar.
2. aha n. (only Ved.; nom. pl. ahā, RV.; AV.; gen. pl. ahānām, RV. viii, 22, 13) = ahar, q.v., a day
asmad base of the first person pl., as used in comp.
also by native grammarians considered to be the base of the cases asmān &c. (see above).
Alternative readings
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