Punjabi edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /boː˦(ɦ)t̪ᵊ/
  • Hyphenation: ਬਹੁਤ

Adjective edit

ਬਹੁਤ (bót) (Shahmukhi spelling بہت)

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

Adverb edit

ਬਹੁਤ (bót) (Shahmukhi spelling بہت)

  1. greatly, considerably

References edit

  • 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.