वाह

{ vāha }

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. नेणारा ; वाहून नेणारा ; हमाल . - वि . वाहणारा ; वाहून नेणारा . ( समासांत ) रथ - मार - शव - वाहक . वाहकत्व - न . उष्णता , विद्युत इत्यादि वाहून नेण्याचा धर्म . वाहक शक्ति - स्त्री . उष्णता , विद्युत इत्यादि वाहून नेण्याचे सामर्थ्य , गुण .
उद्गा . ओहो ! शाबास ! भले ! [ फा . वाह ]
 पु. गति . अधोरंध्राचेनि वाहे । - ज्ञा १८ . ३३८ . [ सं . वह ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वाह  mfn.  mf( आ)n. ( ifc.) bearing, drawing, conveying, carrying, [Kathās.]; [BhP.]
flowing, [BhP.]
undergoing, [MBh.]
वाह  m.  m. the act of drawing &c., [MBh.]; [Hit.]
riding, driving, [ŚārṅgP.]
flowing, current, [Kathās.]
a draught-animal, horse, bull, ass, [RV.] &c. &c.
any vehicle, carriage, conveyance, car ( ifc. = having anything as a vehicle, riding or driving on or in), [ŚvetUp.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a bearer, porter, carrier of burdens &c., [W.]
air, wind, [L.]
a measure of capacity (containing 10 कुम्भs or 2 प्रस्थs), [L.]
the arm, [W.]
a figurative N. of the वेद, [Kuval.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वाह [vāha] a.  a. [वह्-घञ्] Bearing, carrying &c. (at the end of comp.); as in अम्बुवाह, तोयवाह &c.
हः Carrying, bearing.
A porter.
A draught-animal, a beast of burden.
A horse; अभ्यभूयत वाहानां चरतां गात्रशिञ्जितैः [R.4.56;5.73;14.52.]
A bull; शतं वाहसहस्राणां तण्डुलानां वपुष्मताम् [Rām.7.91.19;] खे खेलगामी तमुवाह वाहः [Ku.7.49.]
A buffalo.
A carriage, conveyance in general.
The arm.
Air, wind.
Obtainment (प्रापण); बहुकारं च सस्यानां वाह्ये वाहो गंवां तथा [Mb. 12.193.21.]
A measure equal to ten Kumbhas or four Bhāras; वाहो भारचतुष्टयम्. -Comp.
-द्विषत्  m. m. a buffalo.
-वारः   a horse-rider; बहूनां वाहवाराणां व्यूहाभ्य- न्तरवर्तिनम् [Śiva.B.29.17.]
-रिपुः   a buffalo.
-वारणः   Bos Gavaeus.
-वाहः   riding; चलन्नलङ्कृत्य महारयं हयं स्ववाह- वाहोचितवेषपेशलः [N.1.66.]
-श्रेष्ठः   a horse.

Shabda-Sagara

वाह  m.  ( -हः)
1. A horse.
2. A measure of capacity containing ten Kumbhas, or nearly equal to the weight of an English wey or a ton in freight.
3. A bull.
4. Air, wind.
5. The arm.
6. A buffalo.
7. A vehicle, a carriage or conveyance of any kind.
8. A bearer, a porter, a carrier of burthens, &c.
9. Carrying, bearing.
E. वह् to bear, aff. घञ् .

ROOTS:

वह् घञ् .