अहि

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

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहि (ahi)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.ɦiː/, [ɐ.ɦiː]

Noun

अहि • (ahi) m

1. snake

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहि (ahi).

Noun

अहि • (ahi) m

1. snake

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ahi (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀳𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• অহি (Bengali script)
• අහි (Sinhalese script)
• အဟိ or ဢႁိ (Burmese script)
• อหิ or อะหิ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩉᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຫິ or ອະຫິ (Lao script)
• អហិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄦𑄨 (Chakma script)

Noun

अहि m

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

Declension

Declension table of "अहि" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	अहि (ahi)	अहयो (ahayo) or अही (ahī)
Accusative (second)	अहिं (ahiṃ)	अहयो (ahayo) or अही (ahī)
Instrumental (third)	अहिना (ahinā)	अहीहि (ahīhi) or अहीभि (ahībhi)
Dative (fourth)	अहिस्स (ahissa) or अहिनो (ahino)	अहीनं (ahīnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	अहिस्मा (ahismā) or अहिम्हा (ahimhā)	अहीहि (ahīhi) or अहीभि (ahībhi)
Genitive (sixth)	अहिस्स (ahissa) or अहिनो (ahino)	अहीनं (ahīnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	अहिस्मिं (ahismiṃ) or अहिम्हि (ahimhi)	अहीसु (ahīsu)
Vocative (calling)	अहि (ahi)	अहयो (ahayo) or अही (ahī)

Verb

अहि

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অহি (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬳᬶ (Balinese script)
• অহি (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰮𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀳𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• အဟိ (Burmese script)
• અહિ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਹਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌹𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦲꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂯𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಹಿ (Kannada script)
• អហិ (Khmer script)
• ອຫິ (Lao script)
• അഹി (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡥᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘮𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧎𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐴𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଅହି (Odia script)
• ꢂꢲꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆲𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖮𑖰 (Siddham script)
• අහි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑪂𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚩𑚮 (Takri script)
• அஹி (Tamil script)
• అహి (Telugu script)
• อหิ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཧི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒯𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨱𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háǰʰiš (“snake, serpent”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis (“snake”). Cognates include Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži), Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis), Old Armenian իժ (iž).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.ɦi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.ɦi/

Noun

अहि • (áhi) stem, m

1. a snake, serpent
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.86.44:

     अहि॒र् न जू॒र्णाम् अति॑ सर्पति॒ त्वच॒म् अत्यो॒ न क्रीळ॑न्न् असर॒द् वृषा॒ हरिः॑ ॥

     áhir ná jūrṇā́m áti sarpati tvácam átyo ná krī́ḷann asarad vṛ́ṣā háriḥ.

     He glideth like a serpent from his ancient skin, and like a playful horse the Tawny Steer hath run.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.1.6.2:

     अहींश् च सर्वां जम्भयन्त् सर्वाश् च यातु-धान्यः ॥

     ahīṃś ca sarvāṃ jambhayant sarvāś ca yātu-dhānyaḥ.

     [Rudra] confounds all the serpents and all sorceries.

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

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of अहि (áhi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अहिः áhiḥ	अही áhī	अहयः áhayaḥ
Vocative	अहे áhe	अही áhī	अहयः áhayaḥ
Accusative	अहिम् áhim	अही áhī	अहीन् áhīn
Instrumental	अहिना / अह्या¹ áhinā / áhyā¹	अहिभ्याम् áhibhyām	अहिभिः áhibhiḥ
Dative	अहये áhaye	अहिभ्याम् áhibhyām	अहिभ्यः áhibhyaḥ
Ablative	अहेः / अह्यः¹ áheḥ / áhyaḥ¹	अहिभ्याम् áhibhyām	अहिभ्यः áhibhyaḥ
Genitive	अहेः / अह्यः¹ áheḥ / áhyaḥ¹	अह्योः áhyoḥ	अहीनाम् áhīnām
Locative	अहौ / अहा¹ áhau / áhā¹	अह्योः áhyoḥ	अहिषु áhiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Khowar: آیی (ayí)
• Pali: ahi
• → Assamese: অহি (ohi)
• → Bengali: অহি (ohi)
• → Marathi: अहि (ahi)
• → Tamil: அகி (aki)
• → Telugu: అహి (ahi)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “अहि”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]