বহু

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Bengali

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit বহু (bahu). Compare Assamese বহু (bohu), Odia ବହୁ (bahu), Hindustani به / बहु (bahu), Gujarati બહુ (bahu), Nepali बहु- (bahu-), Punjabi ਬਹੁ- (bahu-).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bohu/,
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bohu/,

Adjective

বহু • (bohu) (comparative আরও বহু, superlative সবচেয়ে বহু)

  1. many, much, numerous
  2. diverse
  3. profuse, abundant
  4. poly-, multi-
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

বহু • (bohu)

  1. (literary) wife

References

  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “বহু”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, বহু, Government of Bangladesh
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