ह

See also: हूँ, हृ, हे, है, and हैं

ह U+0939, ह DEVANAGARI LETTER HA ← स [U+0938] Devanagari ऺ → [U+093A]

Translingual

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ह (ha)

1. the Devanagari script’s voiced aspirate guttural consonant

See also

Ligatures:

• ह्म (hma): ह + म
• ह्य (hya): ह + य

Car Nicobarese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa/

Letter

ह (h)

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

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hə] (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

Letter

ह • (ha)

1. The first consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦə/, [ɦɐ]

Letter

ह • (ha)

1. the thirty-third consonant in Hindi

See also

• Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ ^[edit]

Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦə/

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Letter

ह • (ha)

1. The thirty-second consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɦʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: ह

Letter

ह • (ha)

1. The thirty-third consonant in Nepali.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হ (Assamese script)
• ᬳ (Balinese script)
• হ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• ဟ (Burmese script)
• હ (Gujarati script)
• ਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ಹ (Kannada script)
• ហ (Khmer script)
• ຫ (Lao script)
• ഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴 (Newa script)
• ହ (Odia script)
• ꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮 (Siddham script)
• හ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩 (Takri script)
• ஹ (Tamil script)
• హ (Telugu script)
• ห (Thai script)
• ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Variant of घ (gha), हि (hí).

Particle

ह • (ha)

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

Related terms

• (possibly) अह (áha)

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

ह • (ha) stem (root हन्)

1. (at the end of a compound) killing, striking, slaying

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3

Meanings of the letter ह (ha) given by lexicographers.

Noun

ह • (ha) stem, m

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

Masculine a-stem declension of ह

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हः (haḥ)	हौ (hau) हा¹ (hā¹)	हाः (hāḥ) हासः¹ (hāsaḥ¹)
accusative	हम् (ham)	हौ (hau) हा¹ (hā¹)	हान् (hān)
instrumental	हेन (hena)	हाभ्याम् (hābhyām)	हैः (haiḥ) हेभिः¹ (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)
vocative	ह (ha)	हौ (hau) हा¹ (hā¹)	हाः (hāḥ) हासः¹ (hāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Noun

ह • (ha) stem, n

1. the supreme Lord
2. pleasure, delight, happiness
3. weapon
4. (of a gem) sparkling, shining
5. calling

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of ह

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हम् (ham)	हे (he)	हानि (hāni) हा¹ (hā¹)
accusative	हम् (ham)	हे (he)	हानि (hāni) हा¹ (hā¹)
instrumental	हेन (hena)	हाभ्याम् (hābhyām)	हैः (haiḥ) हेभिः¹ (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)
vocative	ह (ha)	हे (he)	हानि (hāni) हा¹ (hā¹)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “ह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1286, column 1.

Shina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha~ɦa/

Letter

ह (h)

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