बाह्य

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बाह्य (bāhya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bɑːɦ.jᵊ/, [bäːʱ.jᵊ]

Adjective

बाह्य • (bāhya) (indeclinable)

1. outer, external, exterior

   Synonym: बाहर का (bāhar kā)

2. foreign
3. apparent, visible

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• বাহ্য (Assamese script)
• ᬩᬵᬳ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• বাহ্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰯𑰮𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ဗာဟျ (Burmese script)
• બાહ્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਬਾਹ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑌾𑌹𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦴꦲꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂰𑂯𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಬಾಹ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• ពាហ្យ (Khmer script)
• ພາຫ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• ബാഹ്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘰𑘮𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠠᢗᠾᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧑𑧎𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑐵𑐴𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ବାହ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢨꢵꢲ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑆳𑆲𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖯𑖮𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• බාහ්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲𑩛𑪂 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚭𑚩𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ப³ாஹ்ய (Tamil script)
• బాహ్య (Telugu script)
• พาหฺย (Thai script)
• བཱ་ཧྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑒰𑒯𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑨊𑨱𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

See बहिस् (bahis).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɑːɦ.jɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːɦ.jɐ/

Adjective

बाह्य • (bāhya)

1. being outside (a door, house, &c.), outer, exterior

Noun

बाह्य • (bāhya) stem, m

1. the outer part, exterior, outside, without, out

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • → Proto-Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: bəzḗi, bazū
    • Kamkata-viri: bəzī́
    • Prasuni: büzǘ
• Prakrit: 𑀩𑀚𑁆𑀛 (bajjha)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: বাজ (baz), বজাইব (bozaibo), বজুৱা (bozua)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ބޭރު (bēru)
      • Sinhalese: බැහැර (bæhæra)
  • Western:
    • Takka Apabhramsa:
      • Punjabi: bājh, bājjhõ, bāje

        Gurmukhi script: ਬਾਝ, ਬਾੱਜੋਂ, ਬਾਜੇ

        Shahmukhi script: بَاجھ, بَاجّھوں, بَاجے

        • Lahnda: بَاجھ (bājh), بَاجّھُوں (bājhū̃)
          • Saraiki: ٻَاجھ (ḇājh)
    • Vracada Apabhramsa:
      • Sindhi: ḇājhā̃

        Arabic script: ٻَاجهَان

        Devanagari script: ॿाझां

• Prakrit: 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀬 (bāhiya)
• → Tamil: வாகியம் (vākiyam), பாகியம் (pākiyam)
• → Telugu: బాహ్యము (bāhyamu)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bahya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 521