ah

exclamation3

1. •
   a word that shows a feeling such as pleasure, surprise, comfort or understanding

   • Ah, I understand now.
   • Ah! It's good to be back home!
2. •
   A syllable used to fill space, particularly in music.

   • Boy don't try to front, uh, I Know just, just, what you are, ah, ah. — 2008
3. •
   (Singlish) Used condescendingly, somewhat like “see?” or “I told you so”.

   • Pitch contour: mid-falling /ɑ(ː)˧˨/, falling /ɑ(ː)˦˨/, sometimes nasalized

particle8

1. •
   (Singlish) Marks a yes–no tag question prompting the listener to clarify or confirm something.

   • You’re dyslexic ah?
2. •
   (Singlish) Reinforces a short, non-rhetorical wh-question.

   • How do you delete this row ah?
3. •
   (Singlish) Tagged at the end of non-interrogative sentence to convey a sense of informality or resignation.
4. •
   (Singlish) A particle indicating the topic of a sentence from its comment.

   • The drilling upstairs ah, non-stop leh.
5. •
   (Singlish) Emphasizes the need for absolute confirmation, permission or acknowledgment.

   • Don’t drink and drive ah...
6. •
   (Singlish) A vocative particle, used for direct address (over telephone calls, or if the addressee is far away).

   • Hello? Joey ah?
7. •
   (Singlish) Used as an intensifier in fixed expressions, sometimes exhortative in meaning.

   • Heng ah...
8. •
   (Singlish) A confirmative final particle used in the middle of a sentence to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.

   • You know, arh, Isaac—I’ve liked you from the very start, he said. I consider myself very lucky to be your manager. — 2021

noun1

1. •
   An instance of the interjection ah.

   • the crowd's oohs and ahs at the fireworks

verb1

1. •
   To give a cry of "ah".

   • Mother and dad oohed and ahed over Cindy. She was only two months old but already was developing her personality. — 2005

exclamation1

1. •
   Yuck.

adjective1

1. •
   (slang) Initialism of all human: applied to fan fiction stories in which supernatural characters are reimagined as normal human beings.

adverb1

1. •
   Abbreviation of Anno Hegirae: in the year of the Hegira, used for dates using the Islamic calendar.

prepositional phrase1

1. •
   Abbreviation of after hours

   • The $600M offering announced AH on a Friday. We all know the bad rep $AAOI had in the past with the “shady management” and this does not help their case. Stock is down -10% AH on the news. — 2026

noun1

1. •
   Initialism of ampere-hour (unit of charge).