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अहि
See also: अहँ , अहै, अहं, अहो and अंहु

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Hindi
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Old Gujarati
Etymology
Noun
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
Declension
Verb
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Declension
Descendants

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहि ‎(ahi‎)

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.ɦiː/, [ɐ.ɦiː]

Noun

अहि • (ahi) m

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1. snake

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहि ‎(ahi‎).

Noun

अहि • (ahi) m

1. snake

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms [show ▼]

Noun

अहि m

1. Devanagari script form of ahi ‎(“snake”‎)

Declension
Declension table of "अहि" (masculine) [show ▼]

Verb

अहि

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1. Devanagari script form of ahi, which is second-person singular imperative active of अत्थि (atthi,
“to be”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háǰʰiš ‎(“snake, serpent”‎), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis

(“snake”‎). Cognates include Avestan ⁧𐬌𐬲𐬀⁩ ‎(aži‎), Ancient Greek ὄφις ‎(óphis‎), Old Armenian իժ
(iž‎).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́ .ɦi/

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɐ.ɦi/

Noun

अहि • (áhi) stem, m

1. a snake, serpent [quotations ▼]

2. the serpent of the sky, the demon Vritra
3. (arithmetic) the number eight

Declension
Masculine i-stem declension of अहि ‎(áhi‎) [more ▼]

Descendants

→ Assamese: অহি ‎(ohi‎)

→ Bengali: অহি ‎(ohi‎)
Dardic:

Khowar: ⁧‫(⁩اىى‬ayí‎)
→ Marathi: अहि ‎(ahi‎)
Pali: ahi
→ Tamil: அகி ‎(aki‎) (semi-learned)
→ Telugu: అహి ‎(ahi‎)

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