बहुत

See also: बृहत्

Hindi

Alternative forms

• बोहोत (bohot), बोहत (bohat), बहोत (bahot) — eye dialect

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *bʰénǵʰus

Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaȷ́ʰúš

Sanskrit ब॒हु (bahú)

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Indo-European *-twóm

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-twám

Proto-Indo-Aryan *-twám

Sanskrit -त्व (-tva)

Sanskrit ब॒हुत्व॑ (bahútva)

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Prakrit 𑀧𑀳𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (pahutta)influ.

Prakrit बहुत्त (bahutta)

Hindi बहुत

Inherited from Prakrit बहुत्त (bahutta). Doublet of बहुत्व (bahutva, “abundance”). Compare Bengali বহুত (bohut), Gujarati બહુ (bahu) and Punjabi ਬਹੁਤ (bahut) / بَہُت (bahut).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /bə.ɦʊt̪/, [bɔ.ɦɔt̪]

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Adjective

बहुत • (bahut) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بہت)

1. many

   Synonym: कई (kaī)

2. much
3. too much

Adverb

बहुत • (bahut) (Urdu spelling بہت)

1. very

   मैं बहुत अच्छा हूँ। (male speaker) ― ma͠i bahut acchā hū̃. ― I'm very well

   मैं बहुत अच्छी हूँ। (female speaker) ― ma͠i bahut acchī hū̃. ― I'm very well

Derived terms

• • बहुत करके (bahut karke, “for the most part”)
  • बहुत कुछ (bahut kuch)
  • बहुत सा (bahut sā, “many”)
  • बहुत ही (bahut hī, “extremely”)
  • बहुत-सारा (bahut-sārā)

Related terms

• बहु- (bahu-)
• बहुता (bahutā)
• बहुतायत (bahutāyat)
• बहुतेरा (bahuterā, “mostly”)
• बहुधा (bahudhā, “in many ways”)
• बहुल (bahul)
• बहुलता (bahultā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बहुत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bahutva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press