वही

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋə.ɦiː/

Pronoun

वही • (vahī) (Urdu spelling وہی‎)

  1. (emphatic) that, that very one

Adjective

वही • (vahī) (Urdu spelling وہی‎)

  1. the same
    वह वही आदमी है जो मैंने दुकान में देखा था।
    vah vahī ādmī hai jo mainne dukān mẽ dekhā thā.
    He is the same man that I saw in shop.
  2. identical

Marathi

Etymology

From Old Marathi वही (vahī), वैही (vaihī), वैह्य (vaihya), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀳𑀺𑀬𑀸 (vahiyā), from Sanskrit वहिका (vahikā). Cognate to Gujarati વહી (vahī), Hindi बही (bahī), Sindhi وَهِي‎ / वही, Punjabi ਵਹੀ (vahī), ਬਹੀ (bahī), Oriya ବହି (bôhi), ବଇ (bôi), Bengali বই (bôi), Assamese বহী (bohi).

Noun

वही • (vahī) f

  1. notebook

References

  • Maxine Berntsen (1982-1983), “वही”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “वही”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shankar Gopal Tulpule and Anne Feldhau (1999), “वही”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vahikā (11460)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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