وہ
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Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Most likely from Old Hindi उहु (uhu), उहुं (uhuṃ), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa ओहु (ohu), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀳𑁄 (aho), from Sanskrit असौ (asáu, “that”). The inflected forms are formed by analogy with its proximal counterpart یہ (ye).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʋoː/
Pronoun
[edit]وہ • (vo) m or f (Hindi spelling वो or वह)
- (distal) third-person subjective personal pronoun: he, she, it, they
- distal demonstrative pronoun: that, those
Determiner
[edit]وہ • (vo) (Hindi spelling वो or वह)
- distal demonstrative determiner: that, those
Declension
[edit]Singular:
declension of وہ
Plural (formal):
declension of وہ
See also
[edit]Urdu personal pronouns | ||||||
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Person | Description | Direct case | Indirect case | Ergative case | Dative/Accusative case | |
1st person | singular | مَیں (ma͠i) | مُجھ (mujh) | مَیں نے (ma͠i ne) | مُجھ کو (mujh ko),
مُجھے (mujhe) | |
formal (rare) | خَاکْسَار (xāksār) | خَاکْسَار نے (xāksār ne) | خَاکْسَار کو (xāksār ko) | |||
plural | ہَم (ham) | ہَم نے (ham ne) | ہَم کو (ham ko),
ہَمیں (hamẽ) | |||
2nd person | informal (intimate) | تُو (tū) | تُجھ (tujh) | تُو نے (tū ne) | تُجھ کو (tujh ko),
تُجھے (tujhe) | |
semiformal (familiar) | تُم (tum) | تُم نے (tum ne) | تُم کو (tum ko),
تُمھیں (tumhẽ) | |||
formal (polite) | آپ (āp) | آپ نے (āp ne) | آپ کو (āp ko) | |||
3rd person | proximal | singular / informal | یہ (ye) | اِس (is) | اِس نے (is ne) | اِس کو (is ko),
اِسے (ise) |
plural / formal | اِن (in) | اِنھوں نے (inhõ ne) | اِن کو (in ko),
اِنھیں (inhẽ) | |||
distal | singular / informal | وہ (vo) | اُس (us) | اُس نے (us ne) | اُس کو (us ko),
اُسے (use) | |
plural / formal | اُن (un) | اُنھوں نے (unhõ ne) | اُن کو (un ko),
اُنھیں (unhẽ) |
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- Urdu terms inherited from Old Hindi
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- Urdu terms inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa
- Urdu terms derived from Sauraseni Apabhramsa
- Urdu terms inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit
- Urdu terms derived from Sauraseni Prakrit
- Urdu terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Urdu terms derived from Sanskrit
- Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Urdu lemmas
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