হ্যাঁ

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Bengali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A variant of the now rarer হাঁ (hã) with nasal coloring increasing vowel height, from Prakrit *𑀳𑀸𑀁 (*hāṃ), from Sanskrit आम् (ām, “yes”), probably related to or a variant of ॐ (óṃ), with contamination of the emphatic particle ह (ha) and/or the verb 𑀳𑁄𑀇 (hoi) (whence হওয়া (hoōẇa)). Cognate with Odia ହଁ (hỗ), Hindustani ہاں / हाँ (hā̃), Gujarati હાં (hā̃), Rajasthani हां (hā̃), Nepali हाँ (hā̃), Marathi हां (hā̃), Punjabi ਹਾਂ (hā̃), Khowar ہا (hā). Doublet of হ (ho) and আঁ (ã), a variant unaffected by the contamination.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɦɛ̃/, [ˈɦɛ̃ˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɦɛ̃/, [ˈɦɛ̃ˑ], /ɦɛ/, [ˈɦɛː], [ˈɦɛˑ]
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Particle[edit]

হ্যাঁ • (hễ)

  1. yes

References[edit]

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ām2”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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