बहुत

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀳𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (bahutta), from Sanskrit बहुत्व (bahutva, “abundance”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick”). Compare Assamese বহুত (bohut), Gujarati બહુ (bahu).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bə.ɦʊt̪/, [bɔ.ɦɔt̪]

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

1. many

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

   Synonym: कई (kaī)

2. much
3. too much

बहुत • (bahut) (Urdu spelling بہت‎)

1. 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

• बोहोत (bohot)

• बहुत-सारा (bahut-sārā)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बहुत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press