अहं

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

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अहम (aham)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहम् (aham). Compare the borrowing of Latin egō into English ego.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.ɦə̃/, [ɛ.ɦɛ̃], /ə.ɦəm/, [ɛ.ɦɛ̃m]

Noun

अहं • (ahã) m (Urdu spelling اہں)

1. ego

Declension

Declension of अहं (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अहं ahã	अहं ahã
oblique	अहं ahã	अहमों ahamõ
vocative	अहं ahã	अहमो ahamo

Derived terms

• अहंकार (ahaṅkār)
• अहंता (ahantā)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• ahaṃ (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (Brahmi 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

From Sanskrit अहम् (aham).

Pronoun

अहं c

1. I (1st person personal pronoun)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1], page 252; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     सब्बेसं तिण्णं पठममज्झिमुत्तमपुरिसानं एकाभिधाने परो पुरिसो गहेतब्बो। सो च पठति, ते च पठन्ति, त्वञ्च पठसि तुम्हे च पठथ, अहञ्च पठामि = मयं पठाम; सो पचति, ते च पचन्ति, त्वञ्च पचन्ति, तुम्हे च पठथ, अहञ्च पचआमि = मयं पचाम एवं सेसासु विभत्तीसु परो पुरिसो योजेतब्बो॥

     Sabbesaṃ tiṇṇaṃ paṭhamamajjhimuttamapurisānaṃ ekābhidhāne paro puriso gahetabbo. So ca paṭhati, te ca paṭhanti, tvañca paṭhasi, tumhe ca paṭhatha, ahañca paṭhāmi = mayaṃ paṭhāma; so pacati, te ca pacanti, tvañca pacasi, tumhe ca pacatha, ahañca pacāmi = mayaṃ pacāma. Evaṃ sesāsu vibhattīsu paro puriso yojetabbo.

     With all three, third, second, and first persons, in one expression, the last person is to be taken. He reads, they read, thou readest, you read, and I read = we read; he cooks, they cook, thou cookest, you cook , and I cook = we cook. The last person is to be applied thus for other endings.

Declension

Declension table of "म"

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	अहं (ahaṃ)	मयं (mayaṃ) or अम्हे (amhe)
Accusative (second)	मं (maṃ) or ममं (mamaṃ) or मे (me)	अम्हे (amhe) or अस्मे (asme) or अम्हाकं (amhākaṃ) or नो (no)
Instrumental (third)	मया (mayā) or मे (me)	अम्हेहि (amhehi) or नो (no)
Dative (fourth)	मम (mama) or मय्हं (mayhaṃ) or ममं (mamaṃ) or अम्हं (amhaṃ) or मे (me)	अम्हाकं (amhākaṃ) or अस्माकं (asmākaṃ) or अम्हं (amhaṃ) or नो (no)
Ablative (fifth)	मया (mayā) or मे (me)	अम्हेहि (amhehi)
Genitive (sixth)	मम (mama) or मय्हं (mayhaṃ) or ममं (mamaṃ) or अम्हं (amhaṃ) or मे (me)	अम्हाकं (amhākaṃ) or अस्माकं (asmākaṃ) or अम्हं (amhaṃ) or नो (no)
Locative (seventh)	मयि (mayi)	अम्हेसु (amhesu)

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɦɐm/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.ɦɐm/

Pronoun

अहं • (ahaṃ)

1. Combining form of अहम् (aham)