यह

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Braj

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Pronoun

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यह (yah)

  1. 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
  2. he, she, it (proximal)

Alternative forms

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Hindi यहु (yahu), from Apabhramsa एहु m (ehu), एह f (eha), from Prakrit 𑀏𑀲𑁄 m (eso), 𑀏𑀲𑀸 f (esā), from Sanskrit एषः m (eṣaḥ), एषा f (eṣā).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /jəɦ/, [jɛʱ], /jeː/
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Pronoun

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यह (yah) (Urdu spelling یہ)

  1. (proximal) this one; he; she; it (proximal third person singular personal pronoun)
    यह कौन है?yah kaun hai?Who is this [person]?

Determiner

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यह (yah) (Urdu spelling یہ)

  1. this
    यह मकान बहुत बड़ा है।yah makān bahut baṛā hai.This house is large.

Inflection

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Coordinate terms

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References

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  1. ^ Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 22

Further reading

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