ہے

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• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɛː˥˩/
  • (explicit) IPA^(key): /ɦɛː/

ہَے • (hai) (Gurmukhi ਹੈ)

1. Alternative form of اَے‎ (ai)

Inherited from Sanskrit हे (he).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /eː˥˩/
  • (explicit) IPA^(key): /ɦeː/

ہے • (he) (Gurmukhi spelling ਹੇ)

1. The Punjabi vocative particle.

• اے‎ (e)

From Sanskrit अस्ति (asti, “to be”), from Prakrit.

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦɛː/
  • (Karachi Urdu) IPA^(key): [ɦeː]
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

ہَے • (hai) (Hindi spelling है)

1. third-person singular present indicative of ہونا‎ (honā, “to be”)

   ‏وہ پاگَل ہَے۔‎‎ ― vo pāgal hai. ― He is mad.

Inherited from Sanskrit हे (he). Equivalent to Hindi हे (he).

• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /ɦeː/
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /eː/

ہے • (he)

1. Alternative form of اے‎ (e)
2. vocative particle: O!

   ‏ہے خُدایَہ‎ ― he xudāya ― Oh my God