U+0939, ह
DEVANAGARI LETTER HA

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

Translingual

Pronunciation

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

Letter

(ha)

  1. The Devanagari script’s aspirate guttural consonant.

See also

Ligatures:

Car Nicobarese

Pronunciation

Letter

(h)

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

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hə]

Letter

• (ha)

  1. The first consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

Hindi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

• (ha)

  1. the thirty-third consonant in Hindi

See also

Marathi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦə/
  • (file)

Letter

• (ha)

  1. The thirty-second consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

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

Letter

• (ha)

  1. The thirty-third consonant in Nepali.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

• (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 (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

• (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 (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

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

Adjective

• (ha) stem (root हन्)

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

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3

Variant of (gha), हि (hi).

Particle

• (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

Shina

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha~ɦa/

Letter

(h)

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