ind. 1 A vocative particle [Page1164-b+ 54] corresponding to, ‘ho,’ ‘hallo’; haṃho cinmayacittacaṃdramaṇayaḥ saṃvardhayadhvaṃ ra- sān Chandr. 1. 2.

2 A particle expressing haughtiness or contempt.

3 A particle of interrogation. (In dramas it is mostly used as a form of address by characters of the middling class; haṃho bāhmaṇa mā kuṣya Mu. 1).

ind. (cf. ham) a vocative particle (corresponding to ho! hollo! accord. to some also expressing haughtiness or contempt; in dram. a form of address used by equals to each other) MBh.; Ka1v. &c 163264 1286,3 260209