अहि
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.ɦiː/, [ɐ.ɦiː]
Pali
Alternative forms
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) |
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).
Noun
अहि • (áhi) stem, m
- a snake, serpent
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.1.6.2:
- अहींश्च सर्वाञ्जम्भयन्त्सर्वाश्च यातुधा॒न्यः॑ ॥
- áhī́ṃścá sárvāñjambhayantsarvāśca yātudhānyàḥ.
- [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 áhaye |
अहिभ्याम् áhibhyām |
अहिभ्यः áhibhyaḥ |
| Ablative | अहेः / अह्यः¹ áheḥ / áhyaḥ¹ |
अहिभ्याम् áhibhyām |
अहिभ्यः áhibhyaḥ |
| Genitive | अहेः / अह्यः¹ áheḥ / áhyaḥ¹ |
अह्योः áhyoḥ |
अहीनाम् áhīnām |
| Locative | अहौ / अहा¹ áhau / áhā¹ |
अह्योः áhyoḥ |
अहिषु áhiṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
References
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “अहि”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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