[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.beames-1872) › v3.c19.70 # A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c19.70 A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c19.70 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c19.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.beames-1872.v3.c19.70) 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!” - [Previous: v3.c19.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.beames-1872.v3.c19.69) - [Next: v3.c19.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.beames-1872.v3.c19.71) - [Up: v3.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.beames-1872.v3.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.beames-1872.v3.c19.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.beames-1872.v3.c19.70) · Pramāṇa