ऊह्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঊহ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬊᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ঊহ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰅𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀊𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဦဟ် (Burmese script)
• ઊહ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਊਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌊𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦴꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂈𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಊಹ್ (Kannada script)
• ឩហ៑ (Khmer script)
• ອູຫ຺ (Lao script)
• ഊഹ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᡠᡥ (Manchu script)
• 𑘅𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠤᠤᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦥𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐅𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଊହ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢇꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆈𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖅𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඌහ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩛𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚅𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஊஹ் (Tamil script)
• ఊహ్ (Telugu script)
• อูหฺ (Thai script)
• ཨཱུ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒆𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨊𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /uːɦ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /uːɦ/

Etymology 1

In some forms and meanings, probably related to influenced by वह् (vah). Possible cognate with Ancient Greek ὠθέω (ōthéō, “to push”).

Root

ऊह् • (ūh)

1. to push, remove

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ऊह्‎ (0 c, 3 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• ऊहति (ū́hati, Present)
• औहीत् (áuhīt, Aorist)
• उह्यात् (uhyā́t, Benedictive)
• ऊहांचकार (ūhāṃcakāra, Periphrastic Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• उह्यते (uhyate, Passive)
• ओहि (óhi, Passive Aorist)
• ऊहयति (ūháyati, Causative)
• औजिहत् (áujihat, Causative Aorist)

Non-Finite Forms

• ऊढ (ūḍhá, Past Participle)
• ऊहित (ūhitá, Past Participle)
• ऊहितुम् (ūhitum, Infinitive)
• ओढुम् (oḍhum, Infinitive)
• ऊहितवै (ūhitavái, Infinitive)
• ऊहित्वा (ūhitvā, Gerund)
• ऊह्य (ūhya, Gerund)
• उह्य (uhya, Gerund)
• ऊह्य (ūhya, Gerundive)
• ऊहनीय (ūhanī́ya, Gerundive)
• ऊहितव्य (ūhitavyá, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• ऊह (ūha)
• ऊहक (ūhaka)
• ऊहन (ūhana)
• ऊढि (ūḍhi)
• ओह (oha)
• ओघस् (oghas)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अध्यूह् (adhyūh)
• अपोह् (apoh)
• अभ्यूह् (abhyūh)
• अवोह् (avoh)
• उदूह् (udūh)
• उपोह् (upoh)
• निरूह् (nirūh)
• न्यूह् (nyūh)
• पर्यूह् (paryūh)
• प्रत्यूह् (pratyūh)
• प्रोह् (proh)
• व्यूह् (vyūh)
• समूह् (samūh)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-. Traditionally connected to the above root.

Root

ऊह् • (ūh)

1. (Rigvedic) to declare, to praise
2. to consider

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ऊह्‎ (0 c, 3 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• ओहते (óhate, Present)
• ऊहिष्यते (ūhiṣyáte, Future)
• ऊहिता (ūhitā́, Periphrastic Future)
• औहिष्ट (áuhiṣṭa, Aorist)
• ऊहे (ūhé, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• ऊहयति (ūháyati, Causative)
• ऊजिहिषति (ūjihiṣati, Desiderative)

Non-Finite Forms

• ऊहितुम् (ūhitum, Infinitive)
• ऊह्य (ūhya, Gerundive)
• ऊहनीय (ūhanī́ya, Gerundive)
• ऊहितव्य (ūhitavyá, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• ऊह (ūha)
• ऊहन (ūhana)
• ओह (óha)
• ओहस् (óhas)
• ओहसान (óhasāna)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 13
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₁wegʷʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 253