बहुल

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बहुल (bahula).

Adjective

बहुल • (bahula)

1. great, extensive

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• बहुर (bahura)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *baźʰulás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaȷ́ʰu-lás, from *bʰaȷ́ʰúš.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ɦu.lɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ.ɦu.l̪ɐ/

Adjective

बहुल • (bahulá) stem

1. thick, large
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. abundant, many

   बहुलम् ― bahulam ― many

   • Nir
   • Prāt
   • c. 600 BCE – 400 BCE, Pāṇini
3. accompanied by, attended with
   • c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Chāndogya Upaniṣad
   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
4. (grammar) variously applicable, comprehensive
5. born under the Pleiades
   • c. 600 BCE – 400 BCE, Pāṇini

Declension

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: বহুল (bohul)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀳𑀼𑀮 (bahula)
• Pali: bahula
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀩𑀳𑀼𑀮 (bahula)
  • Kachchi: (baurā)
  • Romani: buxlo
• → Old Gujarati: बहुल (bahula)

References

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