हा

See also: हाँ and हां

Marathi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦa/

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Pronoun

हा • (hā)

1. he (proximal)

   हा सुरेश.

   hā sureś.

   He (proximal) is Suresh.

2. this

   हा खोका खूप मोठा आहे.

   hā khokā khūp moṭhā āhe.

   This box is very big.

See also

• तो (to, “he; that”)
• हे (he, “it (proximal); this”), ही (hī, “she (proximal); this”).

Newar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha]

Etymology 1

Noun

हा • (hā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐴𑐵)

1. bee

Etymology 2

Noun

हा • (hā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐴𑐵)

1. root of a plant, tree, etc.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হা (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬵ (Balinese script)
• হা (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဟာ (Burmese script)
• હા (Gujarati script)
• ਹਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಹಾ (Kannada script)
• ហា (Khmer script)
• ຫາ (Lao script)
• ഹാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐵 (Newa script)
• ହା (Odia script)
• ꢲꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖯 (Siddham script)
• හා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஹா (Tamil script)
• హా (Telugu script)
• หา (Thai script)
• ཧཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰaH-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁-. This root is not always easily distinguishable from the one below, and some derived terms of that root are perhaps originally derived from this one.

Root

हा • (hā)

1. to leave, abandon, desert, quit, forsake, relinquish
2. to discharge, emit.
3. to put away, take off, remove, lay aside, give up, renounce, resign, avoid, shun, abstain or refrain from.
4. to disregard, neglect.
5. to lose, be deprived of.
6. to get rid of. escape from.
7. to cause to emit (with शर्धम्, ‘to cause to break wind’)

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हा‎ (0 c, 7 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• जहाति (jáhāti, Present)
• हास्यति (hāsyáti, Future)
• जहिष्यति (jahiṣyati, Future)
• हाता (hātā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अहासीत् (áhāsīt, Aorist)
• हेयात् (heyāt, Benedictive)
• जहौ (jaháu, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• हीयते (hīyáte, Passive)
• अहायि (áhāyi, Passive Aorist)
• हापयति (hāpáyati, Causative)
• अजीहपत् (ájīhapat, Causative Aorist)
• जिहासति (jihāsati, Desiderative)
• जेहीयते (jehīyate, Intensive)
• जाहाति (jāhāti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• हीन (hīná, Past Participle)
• हात (hāta, Past Participle)
• जहित (jahitá, Past Participle)
• हातुम् (hātum, Infinitive)
• हित्वा (hitvā́, Gerund)
• हित्वी (hitvī́, Gerund)
• हित्वाय (hitvā́ya, Gerund)
• हेय (heya, Gerundive)
• हातव्य (hātavya, Gerundive)
• जिहासु (jihāsu, Desiderative Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• हायक (hāyaka)
• हायिन् (hāyin)
• हान (hāna)
• हानि (hāni)
• हापन (hāpana)
• जिहासा (jihāsā)
• जहक (jahaka)
• जहाक (jáhāka)
• जहन (jahana)
• -ह (-ha)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अपहा (apahā)
• अवहा (avahā)
• परिहा (parihā)
• प्रहा (prahā)
• विहा (vihā)
• संहा (saṃhā)

Etymology 2

From the middle voice of the same Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₁- as the root above. This root is not always easily distinguishable from the one above, and some derived terms of that root are perhaps originally derived from this one.

Root

हा • (hā)

1. to start or spring forward, bound away, give way to [with dative]
2. to spring or leap upon
3. to go or depart or betake one's self to have recourse to [with accusative]
4. to fall or come into any state

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हा‎ (0 c, 7 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• जिहीते (jíhīte, Present)
• हास्यते (hāsyáte, Future)
• हाता (hātā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अहास्त (áhāsta, Aorist)
• जहे (jahé, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• हायते (hāyáte, Passive)
• अहायि (áhāyi, Passive)
• हापयति (hāpáyati, Causative)
• अजीहपत् (ájīhapat, Causative)
• जिहीषते (jihīṣate, Desiderative)
• जाहायते (jāhāyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• हान (hāná, Past Participle)
• हातुम् (hā́tum, Infinitive)
• हात्वा (hātvā́, Gerund)

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

हा • (hā)

1. oh, alas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1296.
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 172-173
• Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²: page 25