अहं

See also: अहम्, अंहु, अहँ, अहै, अहो, and अहि

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अहम (aham), अहम् (aham)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहम् (aham). Compare the borrowing of Latin egō into English ego.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.ɦəm/, [ɛ.ɦɛ̃m]

Noun

अहं • (aham) m (Urdu spelling اہں)

1. ego

Declension

	singular
direct	अहं ahã
oblique	अहं ahã
vocative	अहं ahã

Declension of अहं (sg-only masc cons-stem)

Derived terms

• अहंकार (ahaṅkār)
• अहंता (ahantā)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ahaṃ (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (Brahmi script)
• অহং (Bengali script)
• අහං (Sinhalese script)
• အဟံ or ဢႁံ (Burmese script)
• อหํ or อะหัง (Thai script)
• ᩋᩉᩴ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຫໍ or ອະຫັງ (Lao script)
• អហំ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄦𑄁 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

अहं c

1. Devanagari script form of ahaṃ (“I”, 1st person personal pronoun)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 252; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     सब्बेसं तिण्णं पठममज्झिमुत्तमपुरिसानं एकाभिधाने परो पुरिसो गहेतब्बो। सो च पठति, ते च पठन्ति, त्वञ्च पठसि तुम्हे च पठथ, अहञ्च पठामि = मयं पठाम; सो पचति, ते च पचन्ति, त्वञ्च पचन्ति, तुम्हे च पठथ, अहञ्च पचआमि = मयं पचाम एवं सेसासु विभत्तीसु परो पुरिसो योजेतब्बो॥

     Sabbesaṃ tiṇṇaṃ paṭhamamajjhimuttamapurisānaṃ ekābhidhāne paro puriso gahetabbo. So ca paṭhati, te ca paṭhanti, tvañca paṭhasi, tumhe ca paṭhatha, ahañca paṭhāmi = mayaṃ paṭhāma; so pacati, te ca pacanti, tvañca pacasi, tumhe ca pacatha, ahañca pacāmi = mayaṃ pacāma. Evaṃ sesāsu vibhattīsu paro puriso yojetabbo.

     With all three, third, second, and first persons, in one expression, the last person is to be taken. He reads, they read, thou readest, you read, and I read = we read; he cooks, they cook, thou cookest, you cook , and I cook = we cook. The last person is to be applied thus for other endings.

Declension

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	अहं (ahaṃ)	मयं (mayaṃ) or अम्हे (amhe)
Accusative (second)	मं (maṃ) or ममं (mamaṃ) or मे (me)	अम्हे (amhe) or अस्मे (asme) or अम्हाकं (amhākaṃ) or नो (no)
Instrumental (third)	मया (mayā) or मे (me)	अम्हेहि (amhehi) or नो (no)
Dative (fourth)	मम (mama) or मय्हं (mayhaṃ) or ममं (mamaṃ) or अम्हं (amhaṃ) or मे (me)	अम्हाकं (amhākaṃ) or अस्माकं (asmākaṃ) or अम्हं (amhaṃ) or नो (no)
Ablative (fifth)	मया (mayā) or मे (me)	अम्हेहि (amhehi)
Genitive (sixth)	मम (mama) or मय्हं (mayhaṃ) or ममं (mamaṃ) or अम्हं (amhaṃ) or मे (me)	अम्हाकं (amhākaṃ) or अस्माकं (asmākaṃ) or अम्हं (amhaṃ) or नो (no)
Locative (seventh)	मयि (mayi)	अम्हेसु (amhesu)

Declension table of "म"

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অহং (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬳᬂ (Balinese script)
• অহং (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰮𑰽 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (Brahmi script)
• အဟံ (Burmese script)
• અહં (Gujarati script)
• ਅਹਂ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌹𑌂 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦲꦁ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂯𑂁 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಹಂ (Kannada script)
• អហំ (Khmer script)
• ອຫໍ (Lao script)
• അഹം (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢀ᠋ᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘮𑘽 (Modi script)
• ᠠ᠋ᢀ᠋ᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧎𑧞 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐴𑑄 (Newa script)
• ଅହଂ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢲꢀ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆲𑆁 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖮𑖽 (Siddham script)
• අහං (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑪂𑪖 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚩𑚫 (Takri script)
• அஹஂ (Tamil script)
• అహం (Telugu script)
• อหํ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཧཾ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒯𑓀 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨱𑨸 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɦɐm/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.ɦɐm/

Pronoun

अहं • (ahaṃ)

1. Combining form of अहम् (aham, “I”)