ਬਹੁਤ

Punjabi

Alternative forms
  • ਬੌਹਤਾ (bauhtā), Malwai

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit बहुत्त (bahutta), from Sanskrit बहुत्व (bahutva, “abundance”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /boː˦(ɦ).t̪ᵊ/
  • Hyphenation: ਬਹੁ‧ਤ

Adjective

ਬਹੁਤ • (bahut) (Shahmukhi spelling بہت‎)

  1. many, a lot
  2. much
  3. very

Adverb

ਬਹੁਤ • (bahut) (Shahmukhi spelling بہت‎)

  1. greatly, considerably

References
  • 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.
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