ahaṃ

See also: aham and AHAM

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (Brahmi script)
• अहं (Devanagari script)
• অহং (Bengali script)
• අහං (Sinhalese script)
• အဟံ or ဢႁံ (Burmese script)
• อหํ or อะหัง (Thai script)
• ᩋᩉᩴ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຫໍ or ອະຫັງ (Lao script)
• អហំ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄦𑄁 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अहम् (aham).

Pronoun

ahaṃ c

1. I (1st person singular personal pronoun)
2. we (1st person plural personal pronoun)

Declension

Declension table of "ma"

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ahaṃ	mayaṃ or amhe
Accusative (second)	maṃ or mamaṃ or me	amhe or asme or amhākaṃ or no
Instrumental (third)	mayā or me	amhehi or no
Dative (fourth)	mama or mayhaṃ or mamaṃ or amhaṃ or me	amhākaṃ or asmākaṃ or amhaṃ or no
Ablative (fifth)	mayā or me	amhehi
Genitive (sixth)	mama or mayhaṃ or mamaṃ or amhaṃ or me	amhākaṃ or asmākaṃ or amhaṃ or no
Locative (seventh)	mayi	amhesu

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ahaŋ”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead