Punjabi

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Punjabi وِسُ (visu), from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa), from Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós.

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    Noun

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    وِہُ (vihum or f (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਿਹੁ)

    1. Alternative form of وِسّ (viss, poison)

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    References

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    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وِہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
    • ਵਿਹੁ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

    Urdu

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    Etymology

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    Most likely from Old Hindi उहु (uhu), उहुं (uhuṃ), from Apabhramsa ओहु (ohu), from Prakrit 𑀅𑀳𑁄 (aho), from Sanskrit असौ (asáu, that). The inflected forms are formed by analogy with its proximal counterpart یہ (ye).

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    Pronoun

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    وہ (vom or f (Hindi spelling वो or वह)

    1. (distal) third-person subjective personal pronoun: he, she, it, they
    2. distal demonstrative pronoun: that, those

    Determiner

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    وہ (vo) (Hindi spelling वो or वह)

    1. distal demonstrative determiner: that, those

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    Singular:


    Plural (formal):


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    Urdu personal pronouns
    Person Description Direct case Indirect case Ergative case Dative/Accusative case
    1st person singular مَیں (ma͠i) مُجھ (mujh) مَیں نے (ma͠i ne) مُجھ کو (mujh ko),

    مُجھے (mujhe)

    formal (rare) خَاکْسَار (xāksār) خَاکْسَار نے (xāksār ne) خَاکْسَار کو (xāksār ko)
    plural ہَم (ham) ہَم نے (ham ne) ہَم کو (ham ko),

    ہَمیں (hamẽ)

    2nd person informal (intimate) تُو () تُجھ (tujh) تُو نے (tū ne) تُجھ کو (tujh ko),

    تُجھے (tujhe)

    semiformal (familiar) تُم (tum) تُم نے (tum ne) تُم کو (tum ko),

    تُمْہیں (tumhẽ)

    formal (polite) آپ (āp) آپ نے (āp ne) آپ کو (āp ko)
    3rd person proximal singular / informal یِہ (ye) اِس (is) اِس نے (is ne) اِس کو (is ko),

    اِسے (ise)

    plural / formal اِن (in) اِنْہوں نے (inhõ ne) اِن کو (in ko),

    اِنْہیں (inhẽ)

    distal singular / informal وُہ (vo) اُس (us) اُس نے (us ne) اُس کو (us ko),

    اُسے (use)

    plural / formal اُن (un) اُنْہوں نے (unhõ ne) اُن کو (un ko),

    اُنْہیں (unhẽ)

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