Aho ind. An interjection expressing ( a ) Doubt or alternative (or), and usually standing as a correlative of kiM ; kiM vEKAnasaM vrataM nizevitavyaM… Aho nivatsyati samaM hariRAMganABiH Ś. 1. 27 ; dAratyAgI BavAmyAho parastrIsparSapAMsulaH Ś. 5. 29. ( b ) Interrogation. Comp. — puruzikA [ ahopuruzavuY P. II. 1. 72 ] 1 great self-conceit or pride; AhopuruzikA darpAdyA syAtsaMBAvanAtmani Ak. ; AhopuruzikAM paSya mama sadratnakAMtiBiH Bk. 5. 27. 2 military vaunting, boasting. 3 vaunting of one's own prowess; nijaBujabalAhopuruzikAM Bv. 1. 84. — svit ind. a particle implying doubt, ‘or perhaps,’ or may it be &c.’ (corr. of kiM ); Ahosvitprasavo mamApacaritErvizwaMBito vIruDAm Ś. 5. 9 ; kiM dvijaH pacati Ahosvid gacCati P. VIII. 1. 44 Sk.