# ах
## Avar
### Alternative forms

* ахӏ (aḥʳ) — Andalal, Antsukh, Hid, Karakh
* агъ (ağ) — Rugudzha, Rissib, Shulani, Kudali, Kuyada

### Etymology

From Proto-Avaro-Andian *oχi. Akin to Dargwa анхъ (anq), Udi га (ga) and Lak ахъ (aq).

### Noun

ах • (ax) class 3 (ergative ахица, genetive ахил, plural ахал)
* garden
    Synonyms: пастан (pastan) (Batlukh), бекӏен (bekʼen) (Zakatala), багъи (baği) (Kusur)

#### Derived terms

* лъимазул ах (lˢimazul ax, “kindergarten”)
* ахихъан (axiqxan, “gardener”)

## Chechen
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

ах • (ax) ?
* half

## Ingush
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

ах • (ax) ?
* half

## Khakas
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āk.

### Noun

ах • (ax)
* white

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *axъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ax]

### Interjection

ах • (ah)
* ah

## Mongolian
### Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *aka, compare Dongxiang agva. Compare Chinese 阿干 (āgān).
Possibly related to Proto-Turkic *āka (“elder (brother)”), whence Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa) and Turkish ağa. (Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [äχ]
* Hyphenation: ах

### Noun

ах • (ax) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠬ᠍᠎ᠠ᠋ (ak-a), definite plural ах нар); (regular declension)
* older brother

#### See also

* дүү (düü, “younger brother”)
* эгч (egč, “older sister”)

### References

* Tokat, Feyza (2014) “On the Common Words in Mongolian and the Turkish Dialects in Turkey”, in The Journal of International Social Research (Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi)‎, volume 7, number 32, →ISSN, pages 185-198.

## Northern Yukaghir
### Etymology

From Proto-Yukaghir *aq.

### Adverb

ах (aq)
* always
* all the time
* excessively

### Particle

ах (aq)
* just

### References

* Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN
* Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *axъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ax]
* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

ах • (ax)
* ah!, oh!
** 1908, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], Голодный блеск; English translation from Stephen Graham and Rosa Savory, transl., The Hungry Gleam, London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1915:— Ру́ки вверх! — Ах! — произнесла́ ба́рышня и неме́дленно же подняла́ ру́ки.— Rúki vverx! — Ax! — proizneslá báryšnja i nemédlenno že podnjalá rúki."Hands up!" "Ah," cried the young lady, and hurriedly put up her arms.

### Noun

ах • (ax) m inan (genitive а́ха, nominative plural а́хи, genitive plural а́хов)
* ah (an instance of the interjection ах (ax))

#### Related terms

* ох (ox)
* а́хать (áxatʹ), а́хнуть (áxnutʹ)
* аховый (axovyj)

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *axъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ax]
* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

ах • (ax)
* ah

### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ах”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

## Yakut
### Etymology 1

Relate to Proto-Turkic *agsa-.

#### Noun

ах • (aq)
* rancidity, rottenness

##### Derived terms

* ахтаах (aqtaaq, “rancid, rotten”)

#### See also

* ахсаа (aqsaa, “to weaken”)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *iak-.

#### Verb

ах • (aq)
* (intransitive) to freeze (from fear)
* (intransitive) (of blood, rain, etc.) to stop
    самыыр ахта ― samıır aqta ― the rain stopped