बहु
Pali
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Adjective
[edit]बहु
- Devanagari script form of bahu
Sanskrit
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[edit]Alternative scripts
- বহু (Assamese script)
- ᬩᬳᬸ (Balinese script)
- বহু (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰮𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑀳𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဗဟု (Burmese script)
- બહુ (Gujarati script)
- ਬਹੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌬𑌹𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦧꦲꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂥𑂯𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಬಹು (Kannada script)
- ពហុ (Khmer script)
- ພຫຸ (Lao script)
- ബഹു (Malayalam script)
- ᠪᠠᡥᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘤𑘮𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠠᠾᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧄𑧎𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑐴𑐸 (Newa script)
- ବହୁ (Odia script)
- ꢨꢲꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑆲𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖮𑖲 (Siddham script)
- බහු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩲𑪂𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚠𑚩𑚰 (Takri script)
- ப³ஹு (Tamil script)
- బహు (Telugu script)
- พหุ (Thai script)
- བ་ཧུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑒯𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨠𑨱𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *baźʰúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥ǵʰús (“thick”), from *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick”). Cognate with Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick, large”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]बहु • (bahú) stem
- much, many, frequent, abundant, numerous, great or considerable in quantity
- abounding or rich in (+ instrumental)
- large, great, mighty
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | बहुः (bahúḥ) | बहू (bahū́) | बहवः (bahávaḥ) |
| accusative | बहुम् (bahúm) | बहू (bahū́) | बहून् (bahū́n) |
| instrumental | बहुना (bahúnā) बह्वा¹ (bahvā́¹) |
बहुभ्याम् (bahúbhyām) | बहुभिः (bahúbhiḥ) |
| dative | बहवे (baháve) बह्वे¹ (bahvé¹) |
बहुभ्याम् (bahúbhyām) | बहुभ्यः (bahúbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | बहोः (bahóḥ) बह्वः¹ (bahváḥ¹) |
बहुभ्याम् (bahúbhyām) | बहुभ्यः (bahúbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | बहोः (bahóḥ) बह्वः¹ (bahváḥ¹) |
बह्वोः (bahvóḥ) | बहूनाम् (bahūnā́m) |
| locative | बहौ (baháu) | बह्वोः (bahvóḥ) | बहुषु (bahúṣu) |
| vocative | बहो (báho) | बहू (báhū) | बहवः (báhavaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | बह्वी (bahvī́) | बह्व्यौ (bahvyàu) बह्वी¹ (bahvī́¹) |
बह्व्यः (bahvyàḥ) बह्वीः¹ (bahvī́ḥ¹) |
| accusative | बह्वीम् (bahvī́m) | बह्व्यौ (bahvyàu) बह्वी¹ (bahvī́¹) |
बह्वीः (bahvī́ḥ) |
| instrumental | बह्व्या (bahvyā́) | बह्वीभ्याम् (bahvī́bhyām) | बह्वीभिः (bahvī́bhiḥ) |
| dative | बह्व्यै (bahvyái) | बह्वीभ्याम् (bahvī́bhyām) | बह्वीभ्यः (bahvī́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | बह्व्याः (bahvyā́ḥ) बह्व्यै² (bahvyái²) |
बह्वीभ्याम् (bahvī́bhyām) | बह्वीभ्यः (bahvī́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | बह्व्याः (bahvyā́ḥ) बह्व्यै² (bahvyái²) |
बह्व्योः (bahvyóḥ) | बह्वीनाम् (bahvī́nām) |
| locative | बह्व्याम् (bahvyā́m) | बह्व्योः (bahvyóḥ) | बह्वीषु (bahvī́ṣu) |
| vocative | बह्वि (báhvi) | बह्व्यौ (báhvyau) बह्वी¹ (báhvī¹) |
बह्व्यः (báhvyaḥ) बह्वीः¹ (báhvīḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | बहु (bahú) | बहुनी (bahúnī) | बहूनि (bahū́ni) बहु¹ (bahú¹) बहू¹ (bahū́¹) |
| accusative | बहु (bahú) | बहुनी (bahúnī) | बहूनि (bahū́ni) बहु¹ (bahú¹) बहू¹ (bahū́¹) |
| instrumental | बहुना (bahúnā) बह्वा¹ (bahvā́¹) |
बहुभ्याम् (bahúbhyām) | बहुभिः (bahúbhiḥ) |
| dative | बहुने (bahúne) बहवे (baháve) बह्वे¹ (bahvé¹) |
बहुभ्याम् (bahúbhyām) | बहुभ्यः (bahúbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | बहुनः (bahúnaḥ) बहोः (bahóḥ) बह्वः¹ (bahváḥ¹) |
बहुभ्याम् (bahúbhyām) | बहुभ्यः (bahúbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | बहुनः (bahúnaḥ) बहोः (bahóḥ) बह्वः¹ (bahváḥ¹) |
बहुनोः (bahúnoḥ) बह्वोः (bahvóḥ) |
बहूनाम् (bahūnā́m) |
| locative | बहुनि (bahúni) बहौ (baháu) |
बहुनोः (bahúnoḥ) बह्वोः (bahvóḥ) |
बहुषु (bahúṣu) |
| vocative | बहु (báhu) बहो (báho) |
बहुनी (báhunī) | बहूनि (báhūni) बहु¹ (báhu¹) बहू¹ (báhū¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Gujarati: બહુ (bahu)
- → Bengali: বহু (bohu)
- → Malayalam: ബഹു (bahu)
- → Old Javanese: bahu
- Pali: bahu
- Kalasha: bo
- ⇒ Tamil: பகு (paku), வெகு (veku)
Adverb
[edit]बहु • (bahú)
- much, very, very much, abundantly, greatly, in a high degree
- frequently, often
References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “bahú-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 220
Further reading
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899), “बहु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 724, column 2.
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