यह

Pronoun

यह (yah)

1. this
   • Sūrdās, Sūrsāgar 30.1

     इहिं बँसुरी सखि सबै चुरायौ

     ihĩ bãsurī sakhi sabai curāyau

     • 1991 translation by Rupert Snell

       this flute, friend, has stolen everything

2. he, she, it (proximal)

Etymology

From Old Hindi यहु (yahu), from Sanskrit एष (eṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeː/
• (formal) IPA^(key): /jəʱ/

Pronoun

यह • (yah) (Urdu spelling يہ‎)

1. this one; he; she; it (proximal third person singular personal pronoun)

   यह कौन है? ― yah kaun hai? ― Who is this [person]?

Determiner

यह • (yah) (Urdu spelling يہ‎)

1. this

   यह मकान बहुत बड़ा है। ― yah makān bahut baṛā hai. ― This house is large.

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “यह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “यह”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.