A.H.

¹

abbreviation for

1. in the year of the Hijra; since the Hijra (a.d. 622).

A.H.

²

abbreviation for

1. occurring in a specific year of the Jewish calendar.

ah

³

[ ah ]

interjection

1. (used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)

Ah

⁴

or a.h.

abbreviation for

1. ampere-hour.

AH

¹

abbreviation for

1. anno Hegirae

ah

²

/ ɑː /

interjection

1. an exclamation expressing pleasure, pain, sympathy, etc, according to the intonation of the speaker

Word History and Origins

Origin of A.H.¹

From New Latin annō Hejirae

Origin of A.H.²

From New Latin annō Hebraico

Word History and Origins

Origin of A.H.¹

Latin

Example Sentences

Ah, gay Paree—the French capital has practically announced its own LGBT friendliness since the Belle Époque.

From The Daily Beast

The man who would become the most influential fictionalist of the last half of the 20th century cried, “Ah, caramba!”

From The Daily Beast

The Army, however, has deployed some AH-64 Apache gunships into Iraq to strike at ISIS from close in.

From The Daily Beast

Ah, yeah, when you said seminar I thought you attended some sort of corporate speech.

From The Daily Beast

"Ah, that trip with Lance," he said, then glanced down, with those melancholy eyes.

From The Daily Beast

Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!

From Project Gutenberg

We did not talk much about the past at dinner, except—ah me, how bitterly we regretted our 10 per cent.

From Project Gutenberg

The condition is that with this money—fifty thousand pounds—I take the name of—ah—Wurzel-Flummery.

From Project Gutenberg

It is a very laudable spirit on the part of a dying man to wish to—ah—perpetuate these old English names.

From Project Gutenberg

Well—ah—wouldn't you take ten thousand pounds if it were left to you by a stranger?

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cry
• exclamation
• expletive
• insertion
• interpolation
• interposition
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