अहं
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अहम् (aham). Compare the borrowing of Latin egō into English ego.
Pronunciation
Noun
अहं • (aham) m (Urdu spelling اہں)
Declension
Declension of अहं (sg-only masc cons-stem)
Derived terms
- अहंकार (ahaṅkār)
- अहंता (ahantā)
Alternative forms
Pronoun
अहं c
- 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"
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
Pronoun
अहं • (ahaṃ)
- Combining form of अहम् (aham, “I”)
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