বহু

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Bengali[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /boɦu/, [ˈboɦuˑ]
    (file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /boɦu/, [ˈboɦuˑ]

Adjective[edit]

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

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

বহু (bohu)

  1. (literary) wife

References[edit]

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