"yah" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /jʌː/, /jɑː/
Rhymes: -ʌː, -ɑː Etymology: An alternative pronunciation, akin to yeah. Etymology templates: {{m|en|yeah}} yeah Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} yah (not comparable)
  1. (UK, India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand) Yes. Tags: Australia, India, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-yah-en-adv-X5oreVYV Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Indian English, New Zealand English, South African English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection

IPA: /jʌː/, /jɑː/
Rhymes: -ʌː, -ɑː Etymology: An alternative pronunciation, akin to yeah. Etymology templates: {{m|en|yeah}} yeah
  1. An expression uttered to encourage a horse to run faster. Translations (expression used to encourage a horse to run faster): hopoti-hop (Finnish), hue (French)
    Sense id: en-yah-en-intj-9bbdxG2~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /jɑː/ Forms: yahs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: From the pronunciation of “yes” which such people use. Head templates: {{en-noun}} yah (plural yahs)
  1. (British, informal) An upper-class person, especially a Sloane Ranger. Tags: British, informal Related terms: gap yah
    Sense id: en-yah-en-noun-kMu26ipz Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 10 45 23 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 7 58 16 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 26 7 43 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

Etymology: From you. Etymology templates: {{m|en|you}} you Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} yah, {{en-pron}} yah
  1. Pronunciation spelling of you. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: you Related terms: ai yah, hi-yah, kum ba yah, lau yah, OK yah, yah boo, yah-boo, yah boo sucks
    Sense id: en-yah-en-pron-c-VI~vjw Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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