A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c19.70

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Panjabi has mostly the same as Hindi. A very favourite interjection of surprise with Panjabis, though it is also used by the other languages, is वाह, and doubled वाह वाह. The simple-minded Panjabi says “wâh! wâh!” to every new thing he sees, and this favourite exclamation helps to form the once terrible war-cry of the fighting Sikhs, “wâh wâh! fatih guru jî!”