ਬਹੁਤ

• ਬਹੂੰ (bahū̃), ਬਹੁੰ (bahũ) — Western
• ਬਹੁਤਾ (bahutā) — Puadhi

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀳𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (bahutta), from Sanskrit बहुत्व (bahutva, “muchness, abundance, multitude”), from Sanskrit बहु (bahu, “much, many, abundant”) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick”). The development from a noun to an adjective was influenced by Prakrit 𑀅𑀳𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (pahutta-), from Sanskrit प्रभूत (prabhūta, “come forth; abundant”). Compare Bengali বহুত (bohut), Gujarati બહુ (bahu) and Hindustani बहुत (bahut) / بَہُت (bahut). Doublet of ਬਥੇਰਾ (batherā) and ਬਹੁਤੇਰਾ (bahuterā).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /bɔː˩˥.t/
• Hyphenation: ਬਹੁਤ

ਬਹੁਤ • (bahut) (Shahmukhi spelling بہت)

1. many, much, a lot

   Synonyms: ਬਾਹਲਾ (bāhlā), ਵਾਹਵਾ (vāhvā), ਖ਼ੂਬ (xūb)

2. enough, sufficient

   Synonyms: ਬਥੇਰਾ (batherā), ਕਾਫ਼ੀ (kāfī)

3. more, greater

   Synonyms: ਹੋਰ (hor), ਵੱਧ (vaddha), ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ (ziādā)

ਬਹੁਤ • (bahut) (Shahmukhi spelling بہت)

1. greatly, considerably

   Synonyms: ਬਾਹਲਾ (bāhlā), ਵਾਹਵਾ (vāhvā), ਵੱਡਾ (vaḍḍā)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bahutva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 519
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਬਹੁਤ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 74.