وہ

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronoun

وُہ • (vo) m or f (Hindi spelling वो or वह)

  1. (distal) third-person subjective personal pronoun: he, she, it, they
  2. distal demonstrative pronoun: that, those

Determiner

وُہ • (vo) (Hindi spelling वो‎ or वह‎)

  1. distal demonstrative determiner: that, those

Declension

Singular:

declension of وہ
direct وہ‎ (vo) (vo)
indirect اُس‎ (us) (us)
ergative اُس نے‎ (us ne) (us-ne)
genitive اُس کا‎ (us kā) (us-kā)
dative/
accusative		 اُسے‎ (use) (use), اُس کو‎ (us ko) (us-ko)

Plural (formal):

declension of وہ
direct وہ‎ (vo) (vo)
indirect اُن‎ (un) (un)
ergative اُنھوں نے‎ (unhõ ne) (unhõ-ne)
genitive اُن کا‎ (un kā) (un-kā)
dative/
accusative		 اُنھیں‎ (unhẽ) (unhẽ), اُن کو‎ (un ko) (un-ko)

See also
Urdu personal pronouns
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)

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),

تُمْہیں‎ (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) اِنْہوں نے‎ (inhõ ne) اِن کو‎ (in ko),

اِنْہیں‎ (inhẽ)

distal singular / informal وُہ (vo) اُس‎ (us) اُس نے‎ (us ne) اُس کو‎ (us ko),

اُسے‎ (use)

plural / formal اُن‎ (un) اُنْہوں نے‎ (unhõ ne) اُن کو‎ (un ko),

اُنْہیں‎ (unhẽ)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.