Ah in Different Languages
Discover 'Ah' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Ah
Afrikaans ah | ||
Albanian ah | ||
Amharic አህ | ||
Arabic آه | ||
Armenian ախ | ||
Assamese আহ | ||
Aymara ah | ||
Azerbaijani ah | ||
Bambara ah | ||
Basque ah | ||
Belarusian ах | ||
Bengali আহ | ||
Bhojpuri आह के बा | ||
Bosnian ah | ||
Bulgarian ах | ||
Catalan ah | ||
Cebuano ah | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 啊 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 啊 | ||
Corsican ah | ||
Croatian ah | ||
Czech ah | ||
Danish ah | ||
Dhivehi އާހް | ||
Dogri आह | ||
Dutch ah | ||
English ah | ||
Esperanto ah | ||
Estonian ah | ||
Ewe ah | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ah | ||
Finnish ah | ||
French ah | ||
Frisian ah | ||
Galician ah | ||
Georgian აჰ | ||
German ah | ||
Greek αχ | ||
Guarani ah | ||
Gujarati આહ | ||
Haitian Creole ah | ||
Hausa ah | ||
Hawaiian ah | ||
Hebrew אה | ||
Hindi एएच | ||
Hmong ah | ||
Hungarian ah | ||
Icelandic ah | ||
Igbo ah | ||
Ilocano ah | ||
Indonesian ah | ||
Irish ah | ||
Italian ah | ||
Japanese ああ | ||
Javanese ah | ||
Kannada ಆಹ್ | ||
Kazakh ах | ||
Khmer អេ | ||
Kinyarwanda ah | ||
Konkani आह | ||
Korean 아 | ||
Krio ah | ||
Kurdish ah | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئاه | ||
Kyrgyz ах | ||
Lao ອ້າວ | ||
Latin ah | ||
Latvian ah | ||
Lingala ah | ||
Lithuanian ai | ||
Luganda ah | ||
Luxembourgish ah | ||
Macedonian ах | ||
Maithili आह | ||
Malagasy ah | ||
Malay ah | ||
Malayalam ah | ||
Maltese ah | ||
Maori ah | ||
Marathi आह | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯍ | ||
Mizo ah | ||
Mongolian аан | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ah | ||
Nepali आह | ||
Norwegian ah | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ah | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଆ | ||
Oromo ah | ||
Pashto آه | ||
Persian آه | ||
Polish ah | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) ah | ||
Punjabi ਆਹ | ||
Quechua ah | ||
Romanian ah | ||
Russian ах | ||
Samoan a | ||
Sanskrit आह | ||
Scots Gaelic ah | ||
Sepedi ah | ||
Serbian ах | ||
Sesotho ah | ||
Shona ah | ||
Sindhi آہ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අහ් | ||
Slovak ach | ||
Slovenian ah | ||
Somali ah | ||
Spanish ah | ||
Sundanese ah | ||
Swahili ah | ||
Swedish ah | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ah | ||
Tajik а | ||
Tamil ஆ | ||
Tatar ах | ||
Telugu ఆహ్ | ||
Thai อา | ||
Tigrinya ኣሕ | ||
Tsonga ah | ||
Turkish ah | ||
Turkmen ah | ||
Twi (Akan) ah | ||
Ukrainian ах | ||
Urdu آہ | ||
Uyghur ئاھ | ||
Uzbek ah | ||
Vietnamese ah | ||
Welsh ah | ||
Xhosa ah | ||
Yiddish אַה | ||
Yoruba ah | ||
Zulu ah |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "ah" in Afrikaans can also be used to express surprise, disbelief, or regret. |
| Albanian | The word "ah" can also mean "wow" or "oh" in Albanian. |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "አህ" can also be used to express surprise or disbelief. |
| Arabic | The word "آه" (ah) in Arabic can also mean "sigh" or "longing." |
| Armenian | The word "ախ" in Armenian has also been used to denote a sigh of relief or a sense of admiration. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "ah" can be used as a particle to indicate agreement, surprise, or regret, and is derived from the Persian word "āy" |
| Basque | In Basque, "ah" can also mean "the way", "the manner", or "by means of". |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian expression 'ах' can also be used to express contempt, exasperation, or disapproval. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "Ah" (আহ) originates from Sanskrit and can also mean to invite, call, or summon. |
| Bosnian | The interjection “ah” in Bosnian can also be used to express surprise, realization, or sudden understanding. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "ах" can also mean "oh," "alas," or express surprise, regret, or longing. |
| Catalan | "Ah" is also the Catalan exclamation of surprise, astonishment or pain. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano 'ah' can also express surprise or realization, similar to the English 'oh' or 'oops'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In addition to its common use as an exclamation, "啊" can also mean "yes," "I see," or indicate surprise or understanding. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 阿 is the traditional form of 啊, mostly used as an alternative character for 啊 in Taiwan and Hong Kong. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "ah" also means "oh" and is used to express surprise or pain. |
| Croatian | The word "Ah" can also be used as an interjection expressing surprise, sudden recognition, or realization. |
| Czech | The Czech word "ah" can also be used as an interjection to express agreement or understanding. |
| Danish | In Danish, "ah" can also mean "yes" or "indeed". |
| Dutch | "Ah" means "monkey" in Old Norse. It comes from the Proto-Germanic word *apor, which also meant "monkey". The word "aap" is still used to mean "monkey" in Dutch today. |
| Esperanto | The word "ah" can also be used in Esperanto to mean "ah, ha!" |
| Estonian | The interjection "ah" in Estonian can also mean "aha" (surprise) or "oh" (disappointment). |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "ah" can also refer to a small opening or a hole. |
| French | The interjection "ah" can also be used in French to express surprise, pain, or relief. |
| Frisian | The exclamation "ah" in Frisian can also be spelled "o". |
| Galician | The interjection "ah" in Galician can also be used to express satisfaction or as part of an idiom. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "აჰ" also means "oh" in English and is used to express surprise or disappointment. |
| German | In German, "ah" can also be used as an expression of surprise, realization, or satisfaction |
| Greek | The interjection "αχ" can also mean "oh dear" or indicate surprise, pleasure, pain, or grief. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "આહ" also means "slowly" and is derived from the Sanskrit word "आह" meaning "interjection of pleasure or pain". |
| Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole "ah" (pronounced "ow") may come from French "oh" and is used to express surprise or disbelief. |
| Hausa | The interjection "ah" in Hausa can also mean to express surprise, sudden realization, sympathy, sadness, or a longing for something. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, “ah” often indicates a pause in speech or an utterance expressing surprise, understanding, or empathy. |
| Hebrew | אה or אח in the biblical era denoted the name of Yahweh rather than a sound of exclamation. |
| Hindi | The word "एएच" in Hindi can also mean "to fill" or "to satisfy," reflecting its original Sanskrit root "āp," meaning "to obtain" or "to reach." |
| Hmong | In the Hmong language, "ah" can also mean "to breathe" or "to sigh". |
| Hungarian | The word "ah" can also mean "yes" or "I understand" in Hungarian, similar to how "uh-huh" is used in English. |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "ah" can also mean "a river" or "a stream". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "ah" can also mean "yes" or "OK". |
| Indonesian | The word "ah" in Indonesian can also mean "yes" or "right". It can also be used to express surprise or disbelief. |
| Irish | In Irish, "ah" is the third person singular imperative form of the verb "to say." |
| Italian | The Italian interjection "ah" can also express surprise, relief, or satisfaction. |
| Japanese | The Japanese exclamation "ああ" (ah) can also express resignation or disappointment. |
| Javanese | In Javanese culture, "ah" can also be an exclamation of surprise or annoyance |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಆಹ್" ("ah") can also mean "yes" or "agreed", similar to the English word "aye". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "ах" is also used as an exclamatory interjection expressing surprise, admiration, or regret. |
| Khmer | In addition to signifying agreement or understanding, "អេ" can also express surprise or disappointment. |
| Korean | The Korean word "아" is also used to express surprise or disappointment, similar to the English "oh". |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "ah" can also mean "alas" or "oh dear" and is often used to express disappointment or regret. |
| Kyrgyz | "Ах" (ah) in Kyrgyz also means "an expression of surprise or admiration". |
| Lao | The word "ອ້າວ" (ah) can also be a term of address for a male elder or superior, or an exclamation of surprise or wonder. |
| Latin | The Latin word "ah" can also mean "oh" or "alas." |
| Latvian | "ah" is an interjection expressing surprise, sudden awareness or emotion in Latvian, similar to "well" in English. |
| Lithuanian | The word "ai" ("ah") can also mean "what?" |
| Luxembourgish | The interjection "Ah" has multiple meanings including surprise, happiness, or disappointment. |
| Macedonian | The interjection "ах" in Macedonian can also express surprise, disappointment, or disapproval. |
| Malagasy | Malagasy "ah" has several meanings, including "maybe", "well", and as a response to a question. |
| Malay | In Malay, the word "ah" can also be an emphatic particle used to express agreement or surprise. |
| Malayalam | The word "ah" in Malayalam can also mean "yes" or "indeed." |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "ah" can also mean "yes", "okay", or "I understand" depending on context and tone of voice. |
| Maori | In Māori, 'ah' can also mean 'a space or clearing' or 'a point of entry'. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "आह" (ah) can also mean "yes" or "indeed". |
| Mongolian | The word 'аан' (ah) in Mongolian can also refer to a sigh or exclamation of surprise, pain, or regret. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ah" can also be used as an interjection to express surprise, pain, or pleasure. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "आह" (ah) can also mean "sigh" or "expression of surprise or relief." |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "ah" can also mean "oh" or "hmm". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "Ah" can refer to the sound of laughter, surprise, or pain. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "آه" can also be an interjection expressing sorrow, regret, or surprise. |
| Persian | The Persian word "آه" can also refer to a sigh or lamentation, or be used as an exclamation of surprise or regret. |
| Polish | In Polish, "ah" is a sigh of either pain or pleasure, and can also be used as a question word. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "ah" can also be an interjection expressing surprise or realization. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਆਹ" can also refer to a type of exclamation expressing sudden realization or understanding. |
| Romanian | The Romanian "ah" can also mean "ouch" similar to the English "ow". |
| Russian | "Ах" also refers to a type of grass that grows near rivers in Russia. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "a" is often used as an interjection to indicate surprise, realization, or assent. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "ah" can also mean "ahem" and is used to indicate that one wants to get someone's attention. |
| Serbian | The word "Ах" in Serbian can also be an exclamation of surprise or joy, and is spelled "Аха" in this context. |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, "ah" can also mean "that's right" or "indeed". |
| Shona | In Shona, "ah" can also mean "yes" or express surprise. |
| Sindhi | Sindhi "آه" (āha) can also mean "a sigh of relief" or "a sound of surprise or disappointment". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "අහ්" (ah) is derived from the Sanskrit word "आहा" (āhā), which is used to express surprise, delight, or admiration. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "ach" can also be an abbreviation of the German "acht", which is an exclamation meaning "attention" or "look out". |
| Slovenian | The word "ah" in Slovenian can also mean "oh" or "alas". |
| Somali | The word "ah" is also used as a prefix to form interrogative words like "ahya" (who) and "ahma" (what). |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "ah" can also be an exclamation used to express surprise or realization. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "ah" can also mean "yes" or "agreed". |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "ah" is also an interjection expressing surprise, satisfaction, or a realization. |
| Swedish | Swedish "ah" can also mean "monkey", "great ape" or "big hairy spider". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "ah" is cognate with the Malay exclamation "eh" and the Chinese interjection "ā". |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "а" can also be used as an interjection expressing surprise or awe. |
| Tamil | The Tamil letter “ஆ” (ah) has a variant form “அஃ” (ah) that appears in some ancient texts and is also used as a symbol of the Hindu god Shiva. |
| Telugu | The word "ఆహ్" ("ah") is derived from the Sanskrit word "आह" ("ah"), which is an exclamation expressing surprise, wonder, or pleasure. |
| Thai | The Thai word "อา" (ah) can also be used as an honorific prefix for male names. |
| Turkish | The Turkish interjection "Ah" can also express longing or regret. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "ах" (ah) has alternate meanings of "oh" and "alas". |
| Urdu | Urdu "آہ" (ah) derives from Persian "آه" (ah) and is cognate with Latin "animus" (soul, breath). |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "ah" can also mean "ouch" or "oww". |
| Vietnamese | The word "Ah" (pronounced /aː/ or /ɑː/) can also be used to express surprise or excitement, similar to the English interjection "wow" or "oh". |
| Welsh | In Welsh, "AH" can also mean "yes" or signify agreement. |
| Xhosa | A more archaic form of the word is "ahee" and is used to describe a sound of admiration or surprise. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "אַה" ("ah") also has meanings including "but" and "well" |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "ah" can also mean "yes" or "please". |
| Zulu | In Zulu, "ah" also denotes an exclamation of surprise or realization. |
| English | The word "ah" can also be used to indicate surprise or sudden understanding. |