बहुक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• বহুক (Assamese script)
• ᬩᬳᬸᬓ (Balinese script)
• বহুক (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰮𑰲𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑀳𑀼𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ဗဟုက (Burmese script)
• બહુક (Gujarati script)
• ਬਹੁਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑌹𑍁𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦲꦸꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂯𑂳𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಬಹುಕ (Kannada script)
• ពហុក (Khmer script)
• ພຫຸກ (Lao script)
• ബഹുക (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᠠᡥᡠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘮𑘳𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠠᠾᠤᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧎𑧔𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑐴𑐸𑐎 (Newa script)
• ବହୁକ (Odia script)
• ꢨꢲꢸꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑆲𑆶𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖮𑖲𑖎 (Siddham script)
• බහුක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲𑪂𑩒𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚩𑚰𑚊 (Takri script)
• ப³ஹுக (Tamil script)
• బహుక (Telugu script)
• พหุก (Thai script)
• བ་ཧུ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑒯𑒳𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑨱𑨃𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From बहु (bahu) +‎ -क (-ka).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ɦu.kɐ/

Adjective

बहुक • (bahuka) stem

1. costing much
   • Lexicographers, Various Works

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of बहुक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	बहुकः (bahukaḥ)	बहुकौ (bahukau) बहुका¹ (bahukā¹)	बहुकाः (bahukāḥ) बहुकासः¹ (bahukāsaḥ¹)
accusative	बहुकम् (bahukam)	बहुकौ (bahukau) बहुका¹ (bahukā¹)	बहुकान् (bahukān)
instrumental	बहुकेन (bahukena)	बहुकाभ्याम् (bahukābhyām)	बहुकैः (bahukaiḥ) बहुकेभिः¹ (bahukebhiḥ¹)
dative	बहुकाय (bahukāya)	बहुकाभ्याम् (bahukābhyām)	बहुकेभ्यः (bahukebhyaḥ)
ablative	बहुकात् (bahukāt)	बहुकाभ्याम् (bahukābhyām)	बहुकेभ्यः (bahukebhyaḥ)
genitive	बहुकस्य (bahukasya)	बहुकयोः (bahukayoḥ)	बहुकानाम् (bahukānām)
locative	बहुके (bahuke)	बहुकयोः (bahukayoḥ)	बहुकेषु (bahukeṣu)
vocative	बहुक (bahuka)	बहुकौ (bahukau) बहुका¹ (bahukā¹)	बहुकाः (bahukāḥ) बहुकासः¹ (bahukāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of बहुका

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	बहुका (bahukā)	बहुके (bahuke)	बहुकाः (bahukāḥ)
accusative	बहुकाम् (bahukām)	बहुके (bahuke)	बहुकाः (bahukāḥ)
instrumental	बहुकया (bahukayā) बहुका¹ (bahukā¹)	बहुकाभ्याम् (bahukābhyām)	बहुकाभिः (bahukābhiḥ)
dative	बहुकायै (bahukāyai)	बहुकाभ्याम् (bahukābhyām)	बहुकाभ्यः (bahukābhyaḥ)
ablative	बहुकायाः (bahukāyāḥ) बहुकायै² (bahukāyai²)	बहुकाभ्याम् (bahukābhyām)	बहुकाभ्यः (bahukābhyaḥ)
genitive	बहुकायाः (bahukāyāḥ) बहुकायै² (bahukāyai²)	बहुकयोः (bahukayoḥ)	बहुकानाम् (bahukānām)
locative	बहुकायाम् (bahukāyām)	बहुकयोः (bahukayoḥ)	बहुकासु (bahukāsu)
vocative	बहुके (bahuke)	बहुके (bahuke)	बहुकाः (bahukāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of बहुक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	बहुकम् (bahukam)	बहुके (bahuke)	बहुकानि (bahukāni) बहुका¹ (bahukā¹)
accusative	बहुकम् (bahukam)	बहुके (bahuke)	बहुकानि (bahukāni) बहुका¹ (bahukā¹)
instrumental	बहुकेन (bahukena)	बहुकाभ्याम् (bahukābhyām)	बहुकैः (bahukaiḥ) बहुकेभिः¹ (bahukebhiḥ¹)
dative	बहुकाय (bahukāya)	बहुकाभ्याम् (bahukābhyām)	बहुकेभ्यः (bahukebhyaḥ)
ablative	बहुकात् (bahukāt)	बहुकाभ्याम् (bahukābhyām)	बहुकेभ्यः (bahukebhyaḥ)
genitive	बहुकस्य (bahukasya)	बहुकयोः (bahukayoḥ)	बहुकानाम् (bahukānām)
locative	बहुके (bahuke)	बहुकयोः (bahukayoḥ)	बहुकेषु (bahukeṣu)
vocative	बहुक (bahuka)	बहुके (bahuke)	बहुकानि (bahukāni) बहुका¹ (bahukā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀩𑀳𑀼𑀓 (bahuka)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀳𑀼𑀅 (bahua), 𑀩𑀳𑀽𑀅 (bahūa)
  • Pali: bahuka
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀩𑀳𑀼𑀕 (bahuga)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “बहुक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 726.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bahú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press