# वह्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* उह् (uh) — samprasāraṇa form

### Alternative scripts

* ৱহ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
* বহ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဝဟ် (Burmese script)
* વહ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਵਹ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂯𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ವಹ್ (Kannada script)
* វហ៑ (Khmer script)
* ວຫ຺ (Lao script)
* വഹ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠᡥ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠠᠾ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଵହ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
* වහ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑪂 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚩𑚶 (Takri script)
* வஹ் (Tamil script)
* వహ్ (Telugu script)
* วหฺ (Thai script)
* ཝ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨱𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *waźʰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waȷ́ʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɐɦ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋɐɦ/

### Root

वह् • (vah)
* to carry

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* वहति (váhati, Present)
* वक्ष्यति (vakṣyáti, Future)
* वोढा (voḍhā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अवाक्षीत् (ávākṣīt, Aorist)
* उह्यात् (uhyāt, Benedictive)
* उवाह (uvā́ha, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* उह्यते (uhyáte, Passive)
* अवाहि (ávāhi, Passive Aorist)
* वाहयति (vāháyati, Causative)
* अवीवहत् (ávīvahat, Causative Aorist)
* वाह्यते (vāhyate, Passive of Causative)
* विवक्षति (vivakṣati, Desiderative)
* वावहीति (vāvahīti, Intensive)
* वनीवाह्यते (vanīvāhyáte, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* ऊढ (ūḍhá, Past Participle)
* वोढुम् (vóḍhum, Infinitive)
* वोढवे (vóḍhave, Infinitive)
* वोढवै (vóḍhavái, Infinitive)
* वहध्यै (váhadhyai, Infinitive)
* ऊढ्वा (ūḍhvā́, Gerund)
* उह्य (úhya, Gerund)
* वाह्य (vāhya, Gerundive)
* वोढव्य (voḍhavya, Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* वाह् (vāh)
* वह (váha)
* वहिन् (vahín)
* वह्य (vahya)
* ओघ (ogha)
* औघ (aughá)
* वाह (vāha)
* वाहक (vāhaka)
* वाहिन् (vāhin)
* वहन (vahana)
* वाहन (vāhana)
* वाहनीय (vāhanīya)
* वहत् (vahat)
* वाहस् (vāhas)
* ऊढि (ūḍhi)
* वहतु (vahatu)
* वाहितव्य (vāhitavya)
* वोढृ (voḍhṛ)
* वाहितृ (vāhitṛ)
* वहितृ (vahitṛ)
* वहित्र (vahitra)
* वहिष्ठ (vahiṣṭha)
* वाहिष्ठ (vāhiṣṭha)
* वहीयस् (vahīyas)
* वह्नि (vahni)
* वह्मन् (vahman)
* वक्षस् (vakṣas)
* वक्षी (vakṣī)
* वावहि (vāvahi)
* वीवध (vīvadha)
* वाहयितृ (vāhayitṛ)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अतिवह् (ativah)
* अनुवह् (anuvah)
* अपवह् (apavah)
* अभिवह् (abhivah)
* आवह् (āvah)
* उद्वह् (udvah)
* उपवह् (upavah)
* निर्वह् (nirvah)
* निवह् (nivah)
* परावह् (parāvah)
* परिवह् (parivah)
* प्रतिवह् (prativah)
* प्रवह् (pravah)
* विवह् (vivah)
* संवह् (saṃvah)

#### Related terms

* ऊह् (ūh, “to push, remove”)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 933, columns 2-3.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 157
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “vah”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “VAH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 535-7