वाह vāh

वाह vāh (hindi)

An exclamatory word denoting admiration, appreciation, contempt, opposition, surprise, etc. : well done ! bravo ! excellent ! how can that be ! that can't be so.

Origin of the definition

वाह vāha va:h (int) an exclamatory word denoting admiration, appreciation, contempt, opposition, surprise, etc. well done ! bravo ! excellent ! how can that be ! that can't be so, a suffix denoting one who or that which carries or bears; -वाह hurrah ! very good ! excellent ! -वाह करना to applaud; ~वाही tumultuous applause; applause; cheer; ~वाही की घूम मच जाना to bring down the house, to elicit tumultuous applause; ~वाही लूटना to appropriate applause/cheer.

H واه वाह wāh (P. wāh; A. wāh, wāha, wāhi, wāhā), intj. O! bravo! well done; excellent! — how strange! you don't say so! what a joke! very likely indeed! — fie!; — alas! (i.q. wā): — wāh-wāh, or wāh-wā! intj. = wāh: — wāh-re maiṅ, Well done I! bravo for me!: — wāh-wāh karnā, To applaud: to clap hands: — wāh-wāh honā, or wāh-wāh maćnā, Plaudits to arise; to be applauded.

Usual translation

  1. wah!

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Sunday 27 December 2020

Update Date

Sunday 17 December 2023