यहु

Old Hindi

Alternative forms

• यह (yaha), यौ (yau)

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit एष (eṣa).

Pronoun

यहु (yahu)

1. this; he, she, it (near demonstrative pronoun)

Descendants

• Braj: यह (yah)
• Hindustani:

  Hindi: यह (yah)

  Urdu: یہ (yah)

References

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC

Sanskrit

Etymology

Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬎 (yazu, “offspring”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ́.ɦu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈjɐ.ɦu/

Adjective

यहु • (yáhu) stem

1. mighty, strong
2. restless
3. swift

Noun

यहु • (yáhu) stem, m

1. child, offspring

   tigmā́ asya hánavo ná pratidhṛ́ṣe sujámbhaḥ sáhaso yahúḥ

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of यहु (yáhu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यहुः yáhuḥ	यहू yáhū	यहवः yáhavaḥ
Vocative	यहो yáho	यहू yáhū	यहवः yáhavaḥ
Accusative	यहुम् yáhum	यहू yáhū	यहून् yáhūn
Instrumental	यहुना / यह्वा¹ yáhunā / yáhvā¹	यहुभ्याम् yáhubhyām	यहुभिः yáhubhiḥ
Dative	यहवे / यह्वे¹ yáhave / yáhve¹	यहुभ्याम् yáhubhyām	यहुभ्यः yáhubhyaḥ
Ablative	यहोः / यह्वः¹ yáhoḥ / yáhvaḥ¹	यहुभ्याम् yáhubhyām	यहुभ्यः yáhubhyaḥ
Genitive	यहोः / यह्वः¹ yáhoḥ / yáhvaḥ¹	यह्वोः yáhvoḥ	यहूनाम् yáhūnām
Locative	यहौ yáhau	यह्वोः yáhvoḥ	यहुषु yáhuṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “यहु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0849, column 1.