āho आहो – or, or perhaps.
Indeclinable word · particle · Word type unspecified
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Cappeller 1891 Indeclinable word
Original text · English · Indeclinable word
ā́ho ·(indecl.) or; w. svid or perhaps.
Monier-Williams 1872 particle
Original text · English · particle
āho āho, ind. (an interjection of doubt and of asking) or, or perhaps.
Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
ā́ho conj. gaṇa cādi zu P. 1,4,57. das o ist vor einem folg. Vocale keiner euphonischen Veränderung unterworfen P. 1,1,15, Sch. Einfluss auf den Accent des verb. fin. P. 8,1,49. P. 8,1,50. oder (im Fragesatze) AK. 3,5,5. H. 1536. H. an. 7,52 (aho praśnavicārayoḥ, blosser Druckfehler, da das eig. aho in demselben Śloka aufgeführt wird.) MED. avy. 90 (āhe[!] praśne vicāre ca). yatrāyaṃ puruṣo mriyata udasmātprāṇāḥ krāmantyāho3 neti ŚAT. BR. 14,6,2,12 (= BṚH. ĀR. UP. 3,2,11.) utāvidvānamuṃ lokaṃ pretya kaśca na gacchatī3 . āho vidvānamuṃ lokaṃ pretya kaścitsamaśnutā3u (lies ˚tā3i) TAITT. UP. 2,6. teṣāṃ tu niṣṭhā kā kṛṣṇa sattvamāho rajastamaḥ BHAG. 17,1. vaikhānasaṃ kimanayā vratam — niṣevitavyam . atyantam — āho nivatmyati samaṃ hariṇāṅganābhiḥ .. ŚĀK. 26. dāratyāgī bhavāmyāho parastrīsparśapāṃśulaḥ ŚĀK. 125. In Verbindung mit svit gaṇa cādi zu P. 1,4,57. oder etwa: svarge kālaṃ kiyantaṃ te tasthustadapi śaṃsa me . āho svit śāsvataṃ sthānaṃ teṣāṃ tatra MBH. 18,152. N. 21,31. R. 2,72,13 (a˚). kimayaṃ yiśabdaḥ . āho svidyakāraḥ PAT._zu_P. 6,4,159. kiṃ devadattaḥ pacati . āho svidbhuṅkte P. 8,1,44, Sch. devadattaḥ pacati . āho svitpaṭhati P. 8,1,45, Sch. kim — uta — āho svit ŚĀK. 106. — Vgl. utāho.
Böhtlingk 1879 particle
Original text · German · particle
ā́ho Indecl. oder (in der Frage). Mit folgendem svid oder etwa.
Apte 1890 particle
Original text · English · particle
āho ind. An interjection expressing (a) Doubt or alternative (or), and usually standing as a correlative of kiṃ; kiṃ vaikhānasaṃ vrataṃ niṣevitavyaṃ… āho nivatsyati samaṃ hariṇāṃganābhiḥ Ś. 1. 27; dāratyāgī bhavāmyāho parastrīsparśapāṃsulaḥ Ś. 5. 29. (b) Interrogation. Comp. — puruṣikā [ ahopuruṣavuñ P. II. 1. 72] 1 great self-conceit or pride; āhopuruṣikā darpādyā syātsaṃbhāvanātmani Ak.; āhopuruṣikāṃ paśya mama sadratnakāṃtibhiḥ Bk. 5. 27. 2 military vaunting, boasting. 3 vaunting of one's own prowess; nijabhujabalāhopuruṣikāṃ Bv. 1. 84. — svit ind. a particle implying doubt, ‘or perhaps,’ or may it be &c.’ (corr. of kiṃ); āhosvitprasavo mamāpacaritairviṣṭaṃbhito vīrudhām Ś. 5. 9; kiṃ dvijaḥ pacati āhosvid gacchati P. VIII. 1. 44 Sk.
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
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ā́ho mit svid oder etwa.
Burnouf 1866 particle
Original text · French · particle
āho āho indéc. ou bien est-ce? ou bien est-ce que? āhopuruṣikā f. (puruṣa) vanterie d'un homme qui dit toujours āho. āhosvit indéc. comme āho.
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