One of the purgatories mentioned in the Sutta-Nipāta list. Snp.p.126 It is the name given to a period of suffering in Avīci and is equivalent in duration to twenty Ababā. SN.i.152

5hell

the name of a hell, or place in Avīci, where one suffers for an ahaha of years.

1. exclamation of woe Ja.iii.450 (ahahā in metre).
2. neuter Name of a certain division of Purgatory (Niraya), lit. oh woe! AN.v.173 = Snp.p.126.

onomat. after exclamation ahahā: see *[aha](/define/a …

…Nirabbuda, Ababa, Aṭaṭa, Ahaha, Kumuda, Sogandhika, Uppala, Puṇḍarīka, Paduma. SN.i.149 AN.v.173 Snp.p.126

The Devadūta Sutta MN.iii.185…

…See also ahaha.

cp. Sk. aha & P. aho; Germ. aha; Lat. ehem etc.

Aha²

(-˚) & Aho (˚-) neuter…

to laugh at, deride, mock, make fun of Vin.iii.128; Thig.74 (spelt jjh = hasati Thag-a.78); AN.iii.91 (ujjh˚, variant reading ujj˚) = Pp.67 (= pāṇiṃ paharitvā mahāhasitaṃ hasati Pp-a.249).

ud + jagghati