Word.ws English Dictionary

ah neh

More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations

Singapore/ˌɑː(˨)ˈnɛː(˨˦)/

ah neh noun: an Indian man, especially a migrant worker.

Noun

ah neh (plural ah nehs)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur) An Indian man, especially a migrant worker.
    • 2001 8 August, Leo, soc.culture.singapore
      Blame the Ah-Neh race again, just like what they did to the former president who is now in Canada.
    • some 'ah-neh' stole my hp! not tt i'm a racist but i saw this indian or dunno bhangra walking near me on the way to the mrt stn and din realise tt i lost my hp till i got on the train at jurong east to look for it.2006 August 24, Susan Ong, pesspgde_05/06_yr2

Examples of ah neh in a sentence

  • My SIL had the POLICE visiting her home bcos of ah neh wash.2011 November 11, Hiphiphoray, MyCarForum:
  • We dont owe the ah neh a career or life here.2013 March 10, JAFCO, AsiaOne Forum:
  • Oh, and if you hear people (like your colleagues for example) refer to "that ah neh", they could be referring to you.2015, deuter72, REDDIT:
  • "Upsize or not?" The crew member asked, but the Ah neh still give that blur look, so the crew member decide for him.2015 May 11, Farhan, All Singapore Stuff:

Forms of ah neh

pluralah nehs
alternative formahneh
alternative formah-neh
alternative formanneh

Origin of ah neh

Semantic extension from Tamil அண்ணன் (aṇṇaṉ, “elder brother”), reanalysed as a term prefixed by Hokkien 阿 (a, “stereotyping prefix”). Compare Ah Beng, Ah Lian, Ah Long, etc.

Questions about ah neh

What does ah neh mean?
Ah neh means an Indian man, especially a migrant worker.
How do you use ah neh in a sentence?
My SIL had the POLICE visiting her home bcos of ah neh wash.
What part of speech is ah neh?
Ah neh is a noun.
How do you pronounce ah neh?
Ah neh is pronounced /ˌɑː(˨)ˈnɛː(˨˦)/ (Singapore).
What is the plural of ah neh?
The plural of ah neh is ah nehs.

Words near ah neh in the dictionary

  1. Ah Lians
  2. Ah Long
  3. Ah Longs
  4. ah me
  5. Ah Mm
  6. ah neh
  7. ah nehs
  8. Ah Pek
  9. Ah Puch
  10. ah pui
  11. ah qua

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ah neh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “ah neh.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ah_neh. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.