U+0939, ह
DEVANAGARI LETTER HA

[U+0938]
Devanagari
[U+093A]

Translingual edit

 

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɦə/, /hə/ (may vary by language)

Letter edit

(ha)

  1. The Devanagari script’s aspirate guttural consonant.

See also edit

Ligatures:

Car Nicobarese edit

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

(h)

  1. Used to represent the [x] sound in Car. [1]

Dhivehi edit

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

(ha)

  1. The first consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

Hindi edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɦə/, [ɦɐ]

Letter edit

(ha)

  1. the thirty-third consonant in Hindi

See also edit

Marathi edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɦə/
  • (file)

Letter edit

(ha)

  1. The thirty-second consonant in Marathi.

Nepali edit

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

(ha)

  1. The thirty-third consonant in Nepali.

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

(ha) stemm

  1. a form of Shiva or Bhairava
  2. water
  3. cipher (symbol meaning 0)
  4. blood
  5. death
  6. sky
  7. fear
  8. knowledge, perception
  9. Vishnu
  10. heaven
  11. paradise
  12. moon
  13. war
  14. horse
  15. pride
  16. physician
  17. cause, reason, motive
  18. laughter
Declension edit
Masculine a-stem declension of (ha)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative हः
haḥ
हौ / हा¹
hau / hā¹
हाः / हासः¹
hāḥ / hāsaḥ¹
Vocative
ha
हौ / हा¹
hau / hā¹
हाः / हासः¹
hāḥ / hāsaḥ¹
Accusative हम्
ham
हौ / हा¹
hau / hā¹
हान्
hān
Instrumental हेन
hena
हाभ्याम्
hābhyām
हैः / हेभिः¹
haiḥ / hebhiḥ¹
Dative हाय
hāya
हाभ्याम्
hābhyām
हेभ्यः
hebhyaḥ
Ablative हात्
hāt
हाभ्याम्
hābhyām
हेभ्यः
hebhyaḥ
Genitive हस्य
hasya
हयोः
hayoḥ
हानाम्
hānām
Locative हे
he
हयोः
hayoḥ
हेषु
heṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Noun edit

(ha) stemn

  1. the supreme Lord
  2. pleasure, delight, happiness
  3. weapon
  4. (of a gem) sparkling, shining
  5. calling
Declension edit
Neuter a-stem declension of (ha)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative हम्
ham
हे
he
हानि / हा¹
hāni / hā¹
Vocative
ha
हे
he
हानि / हा¹
hāni / hā¹
Accusative हम्
ham
हे
he
हानि / हा¹
hāni / hā¹
Instrumental हेन
hena
हाभ्याम्
hābhyām
हैः / हेभिः¹
haiḥ / hebhiḥ¹
Dative हाय
hāya
हाभ्याम्
hābhyām
हेभ्यः
hebhyaḥ
Ablative हात्
hāt
हाभ्याम्
hābhyām
हेभ्यः
hebhyaḥ
Genitive हस्य
hasya
हयोः
hayoḥ
हानाम्
hānām
Locative हे
he
हयोः
hayoḥ
हेषु
heṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (to strike, slay).

Adjective edit

(ha) stem (root हन्)

  1. (At the end of a compound) killing, striking, slaying
Declension edit
Masculine a-stem declension of (ha)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative हः
haḥ
हौ / हा¹
hau / hā¹
हाः / हासः¹
hāḥ / hāsaḥ¹
Vocative
ha
हौ / हा¹
hau / hā¹
हाः / हासः¹
hāḥ / hāsaḥ¹
Accusative हम्
ham
हौ / हा¹
hau / hā¹
हान्
hān
Instrumental हेन
hena
हाभ्याम्
hābhyām
हैः / हेभिः¹
haiḥ / hebhiḥ¹
Dative हाय
hāya
हाभ्याम्
hābhyām
हेभ्यः
hebhyaḥ
Ablative हात्
hāt
हाभ्याम्
hābhyām
हेभ्यः
hebhyaḥ
Genitive हस्य
hasya
हयोः
hayoḥ
हानाम्
hānām
Locative हे
he
हयोः
hayoḥ
हेषु
heṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Feminine ā-stem declension of हा ()
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative हाः
hāḥ
हौ / हा¹
hau / hā¹
हाः
hāḥ
Vocative हाः
hāḥ
हौ / हा¹
hau / hā¹
हाः
hāḥ
Accusative हाम्
hām
हौ / हा¹
hau / hā¹
हाः / हः²
hāḥ / haḥ²
Instrumental हा
हाभ्याम्
hābhyām
हाभिः
hābhiḥ
Dative हे
he
हाभ्याम्
hābhyām
हाभ्यः
hābhyaḥ
Ablative हः
haḥ
हाभ्याम्
hābhyām
हाभ्यः
hābhyaḥ
Genitive हः
haḥ
होः
hoḥ
हानाम् / हाम्²
hānām / hām²
Locative हि
hi
होः
hoḥ
हासु
hāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Perhaps
Neuter a-stem declension of (ha)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative हम्
ham
हे
he
हानि / हा¹
hāni / hā¹
Vocative
ha
हे
he
हानि / हा¹
hāni / hā¹
Accusative हम्
ham
हे
he
हानि / हा¹
hāni / hā¹
Instrumental हेन
hena
हाभ्याम्
hābhyām
हैः / हेभिः¹
haiḥ / hebhiḥ¹
Dative हाय
hāya
हाभ्याम्
hābhyām
हेभ्यः
hebhyaḥ
Ablative हात्
hāt
हाभ्याम्
hābhyām
हेभ्यः
hebhyaḥ
Genitive हस्य
hasya
हयोः
hayoḥ
हानाम्
hānām
Locative हे
he
हयोः
hayoḥ
हेषु
heṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Etymology 3 edit

Variant of (gha), हि (hi).

Particle edit

(ha)

  1. emphasizes the preceding word; surely, of course, certainly
  2. an emphatic particle, often used by itself as a filler word or expletive

References edit

Shina edit

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

(h)

  1. Used to represent the [h~ɦ] sound in Shina. [2]