bhaya

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भय (bhaya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ja/
• Rhymes: -ja
• Homophone: baya
• Hyphenation: bha‧ya

Noun

bhaya

1. fear, danger, peril
2. calamity

Derived terms

• ambhayani
• kinabhayakĕn

 

• abhaya
• atibhaya
• kriyābhaya
• mahābhaya
• nirbhaya
• pralayabhaya
• pratibhaya
• sabhaya
• wigatabhaya

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦧꦪ (baya, “danger, hazard”)
• → Balinese: ᬪᬬ (baya, “danger, peril”)

Further reading

• "bhaya" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀪𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• भय (Devanagari script)
• ভয (Bengali script)
• භය (Sinhalese script)
• ဘယ or ꧤယ (Burmese script)
• ภย or ภะยะ (Thai script)
• ᨽᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ຠຍ or ຠະຍະ (Lao script)
• ភយ (Khmer script)
• 𑄞𑄠 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit भय (bhaya).

Noun

bhaya n

1. fear, fright

Declension

Declension table of "bhaya" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bhayaṃ	bhayāni
Accusative (second)	bhayaṃ	bhayāni
Instrumental (third)	bhayena	bhayehi or bhayebhi
Dative (fourth)	bhayassa or bhayāya or bhayatthaṃ	bhayānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bhayasmā or bhayamhā or bhayā	bhayehi or bhayebhi
Genitive (sixth)	bhayassa	bhayānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bhayasmiṃ or bhayamhi or bhaye	bhayesu
Vocative (calling)	bhaya	bhayāni

Derived terms

• paṭibhaya