बहु

See also: बहू, बांह, बाहु, बाँह, and बिहा

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • bahu (Latin script)
  • 𑀩𑀳𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • বহু (Bengali script)
  • බහු (Sinhalese script)
  • ဗဟု or ၿႁု (Burmese script)
  • พหุ or พะหุ (Thai script)
  • ᨻᩉᩩ (Tai Tham script)
  • ພຫຸ or ພະຫຸ (Lao script)
  • ពហុ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄝𑄦𑄪 (Chakma script)

Adjective

बहु

  1. Devanagari script form of bahu

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-us
Proto-Indo-European *bʰénǵʰus
Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaȷ́ʰúš
Sanskrit बहु

    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

    Adjective

    ब॒हु • (bahú) stem

    1. much; many; frequent; abundant; numerous; great or considerable in quantity
    2. abounding or rich in [with instrumental]
    3. large; great; mighty

    Declension

    Masculine u-stem declension of ब॒हु
    singular dual plural
    nominative ब॒हुः (bahúḥ) ब॒हू (bahū́) ब॒हवः॑ (bahávaḥ)
    accusative ब॒हुम् (bahúm) ब॒हू (bahū́) ब॒हून् (bahū́n)
    instrumental ब॒हुना॑ (bahúnā)
    ब॒ह्वा¹ (bahvā́¹)     		ब॒हुभ्या॑म् (bahúbhyām) ब॒हुभिः॑ (bahúbhiḥ)
    dative ब॒हवे॑ (baháve)
    ब॒ह्वे¹ (bahvé¹)     		ब॒हुभ्या॑म् (bahúbhyām) ब॒हुभ्यः॑ (bahúbhyaḥ)
    ablative ब॒होः (bahóḥ)
    ब॒ह्वः¹ (bahváḥ¹)     		ब॒हुभ्या॑म् (bahúbhyām) ब॒हुभ्यः॑ (bahúbhyaḥ)
    genitive ब॒होः (bahóḥ)
    ब॒ह्वः¹ (bahváḥ¹)     		ब॒ह्वोः (bahvóḥ) ब॒हू॒नाम् (bahūnā́m)
    locative ब॒हौ (baháu) ब॒ह्वोः (bahvóḥ) ब॒हुषु॑ (bahúṣu)
    vocative बहो॑ (báho) बहू॑ (báhū) बह॑वः (báhavaḥ)
    • ¹Vedic
    Feminine ī-stem declension of ब॒ह्वी
    singular dual plural
    nominative ब॒ह्वी (bahvī́) ब॒ह्व्यौ॑ (bahvyàu)
    ब॒ह्वी¹ (bahvī́¹)     		ब॒ह्व्यः॑ (bahvyàḥ)
    ब॒ह्वीः¹ (bahvī́ḥ¹)
    accusative ब॒ह्वीम् (bahvī́m) ब॒ह्व्यौ॑ (bahvyàu)
    ब॒ह्वी¹ (bahvī́¹)     		ब॒ह्वीः (bahvī́ḥ)
    instrumental ब॒ह्व्या (bahvyā́) ब॒ह्वीभ्या॑म् (bahvī́bhyām) ब॒ह्वीभिः॑ (bahvī́bhiḥ)
    dative ब॒ह्व्यै (bahvyái) ब॒ह्वीभ्या॑म् (bahvī́bhyām) ब॒ह्वीभ्यः॑ (bahvī́bhyaḥ)
    ablative ब॒ह्व्याः (bahvyā́ḥ)
    ब॒ह्व्यै² (bahvyái²)     		ब॒ह्वीभ्या॑म् (bahvī́bhyām) ब॒ह्वीभ्यः॑ (bahvī́bhyaḥ)
    genitive ब॒ह्व्याः (bahvyā́ḥ)
    ब॒ह्व्यै² (bahvyái²)     		ब॒ह्व्योः (bahvyóḥ) ब॒ह्वीना॑म् (bahvī́nām)
    locative ब॒ह्व्याम् (bahvyā́m) ब॒ह्व्योः (bahvyóḥ) ब॒ह्वीषु॑ (bahvī́ṣu)
    vocative बह्वि॑ (báhvi) बह्व्यौ॑ (báhvyau)
    बह्वी॑¹ (báhvī¹)     		बह्व्यः॑ (báhvyaḥ)
    बह्वीः॑¹ (báhvīḥ¹)
    • ¹Vedic
    • ²Brāhmaṇas
    Neuter u-stem declension of ब॒हु
    singular dual plural
    nominative ब॒हु (bahú) ब॒हुनी॑ (bahúnī) ब॒हूनि॑ (bahū́ni)
    ब॒हु¹ (bahú¹)
    ब॒हू¹ (bahū́¹)
    accusative ब॒हु (bahú) ब॒हुनी॑ (bahúnī) ब॒हूनि॑ (bahū́ni)
    ब॒हु¹ (bahú¹)
    ब॒हू¹ (bahū́¹)
    instrumental ब॒हुना॑ (bahúnā)
    ब॒ह्वा¹ (bahvā́¹)     		ब॒हुभ्या॑म् (bahúbhyām) ब॒हुभिः॑ (bahúbhiḥ)
    dative ब॒हुने॑ (bahúne)
    ब॒हवे॑ (baháve)
    ब॒ह्वे¹ (bahvé¹)     		ब॒हुभ्या॑म् (bahúbhyām) ब॒हुभ्यः॑ (bahúbhyaḥ)
    ablative ब॒हुनः॑ (bahúnaḥ)
    ब॒होः (bahóḥ)
    ब॒ह्वः¹ (bahváḥ¹)     		ब॒हुभ्या॑म् (bahúbhyām) ब॒हुभ्यः॑ (bahúbhyaḥ)
    genitive ब॒हुनः॑ (bahúnaḥ)
    ब॒होः (bahóḥ)
    ब॒ह्वः¹ (bahváḥ¹)     		ब॒हुनोः॑ (bahúnoḥ)
    ब॒ह्वोः (bahvóḥ)     		ब॒हू॒नाम् (bahūnā́m)
    locative ब॒हुनि॑ (bahúni)
    ब॒हौ (baháu)     		ब॒हुनोः॑ (bahúnoḥ)
    ब॒ह्वोः (bahvóḥ)     		ब॒हुषु॑ (bahúṣu)
    vocative बहु॑ (báhu)
    बहो॑ (báho)     		बहु॑नी (báhunī) बहू॑नि (báhūni)
    बहु॑¹ (báhu¹)
    बहू॑¹ (báhū¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Gujarati: બહુ (bahu)
    • → Bengali: বহু (bohu)
    • → Malayalam: ബഹു (bahu)
    • → Old Javanese: bahu
    • Pali: bahu
    • Kalasha: bo
    • ⇒ Tamil: பகு (paku), வெகு (veku)

    Adverb

    ब॒हु • (bahú)

    1. much, very, very much, abundantly, greatly, in a high degree
    2. frequently, often

    References

    1. ^ 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

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