बहुत

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See also: बृहत्

Hindi

Alternative forms

बोहोत (bohot), बोहत (bohat), बहोत (bahot)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀳𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (bahutta), from Sanskrit बहुत्व (bahutva, “abundance”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick”). The development from a noun to an adjective was influenced by Prakrit (pahutta-), from Sanskrit प्रभूत (prabhūta, “come forth; abundant”). Compare Bengali বহুত (bohut), Gujarati બહુ (bahu).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /bə.ɦʊt̪/,
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Adjective

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

many
Synonym: कई (kaī)

बहुत-सारा ― bahut-sārā ― very many, too much
much
too much

Adverb

बहुत • (bahut) (Urdu spelling بہت)

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-सारा (bahut-sārā)

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

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