Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उभय (ubhaya), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₁, see also Proto-Germanic *bai (both), Proto-Slavic *oba.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʊ.bʱəj/, [ʊ.bʱɐj]

Determiner edit

उभय (ubhay)

  1. both, two; both of
    Synonym: दोनों (donõ)

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “ba”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 46

Sanskrit edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₁, see also Proto-Germanic *bai (both), Proto-Slavic *oba.

Adjective edit

उभय (ubhaya)

  1. in both ways, of two sides

Descendants edit

  • Hindi: उभय (ubhay)
  • Tocharian B: ubhayavipariti