बहुल
Old Gujarati edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit बहुल (bahula).
Adjective edit
बहुल • (bahula)
Sanskrit edit
Alternative forms edit
- बहुर (bahura)
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- বহুল (Assamese script)
- ᬩᬳᬸᬮ (Balinese script)
- বহুল (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰮𑰲𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑀳𑀼𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- ဗဟုလ (Burmese script)
- બહુલ (Gujarati script)
- ਬਹੁਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌬𑌹𑍁𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦧꦲꦸꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂥𑂯𑂳𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ಬಹುಲ (Kannada script)
- ពហុល (Khmer script)
- ພຫຸລ (Lao script)
- ബഹുല (Malayalam script)
- ᠪᠠᡥᡠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘤𑘮𑘳𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠠᠾᠤᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧄𑧎𑧔𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑐴𑐸𑐮 (Newa script)
- ବହୁଲ (Odia script)
- ꢨꢲꢸꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑆲𑆶𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖮𑖲𑖩 (Siddham script)
- බහුල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩲𑪂𑩒𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚠𑚩𑚰𑚥 (Takri script)
- ப³ஹுல (Tamil script)
- బహుల (Telugu script)
- พหุล (Thai script)
- བ་ཧུ་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑒯𑒳𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨠𑨱𑨃𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *baźʰulás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaȷ́ʰu-lás, from *bʰaȷ́ʰúš.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
बहुल • (bahulá) stem
- thick, large
- abundant, many
- बहुलम् ― bahulam ― many
- Nir
- Prāt
- accompanied by, attended with
- (grammar) variously applicable, comprehensive
- born under the Pleiades
Declension edit
| Masculine a-stem declension of बहुल (bahulá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | बहुलः bahuláḥ |
बहुलौ / बहुला¹ bahulaú / bahulā́¹ |
बहुलाः / बहुलासः¹ bahulā́ḥ / bahulā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | बहुल báhula |
बहुलौ / बहुला¹ báhulau / báhulā¹ |
बहुलाः / बहुलासः¹ báhulāḥ / báhulāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | बहुलम् bahulám |
बहुलौ / बहुला¹ bahulaú / bahulā́¹ |
बहुलान् bahulā́n |
| Instrumental | बहुलेन bahuléna |
बहुलाभ्याम् bahulā́bhyām |
बहुलैः / बहुलेभिः¹ bahulaíḥ / bahulébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | बहुलाय bahulā́ya |
बहुलाभ्याम् bahulā́bhyām |
बहुलेभ्यः bahulébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | बहुलात् bahulā́t |
बहुलाभ्याम् bahulā́bhyām |
बहुलेभ्यः bahulébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | बहुलस्य bahulásya |
बहुलयोः bahuláyoḥ |
बहुलानाम् bahulā́nām |
| Locative | बहुले bahulé |
बहुलयोः bahuláyoḥ |
बहुलेषु bahuléṣu |
| Notes |
| ||
| Feminine ā-stem declension of बहुला (bahulā́) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | बहुला bahulā́ |
बहुले bahulé |
बहुलाः bahulā́ḥ |
| Vocative | बहुले báhule |
बहुले báhule |
बहुलाः báhulāḥ |
| Accusative | बहुलाम् bahulā́m |
बहुले bahulé |
बहुलाः bahulā́ḥ |
| Instrumental | बहुलया / बहुला¹ bahuláyā / bahulā́¹ |
बहुलाभ्याम् bahulā́bhyām |
बहुलाभिः bahulā́bhiḥ |
| Dative | बहुलायै bahulā́yai |
बहुलाभ्याम् bahulā́bhyām |
बहुलाभ्यः bahulā́bhyaḥ |
| Ablative | बहुलायाः / बहुलायै² bahulā́yāḥ / bahulā́yai² |
बहुलाभ्याम् bahulā́bhyām |
बहुलाभ्यः bahulā́bhyaḥ |
| Genitive | बहुलायाः / बहुलायै² bahulā́yāḥ / bahulā́yai² |
बहुलयोः bahuláyoḥ |
बहुलानाम् bahulā́nām |
| Locative | बहुलायाम् bahulā́yām |
बहुलयोः bahuláyoḥ |
बहुलासु bahulā́su |
| Notes |
| ||
| Neuter a-stem declension of बहुल (bahulá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | बहुलम् bahulám |
बहुले bahulé |
बहुलानि / बहुला¹ bahulā́ni / bahulā́¹ |
| Vocative | बहुल báhula |
बहुले báhule |
बहुलानि / बहुला¹ báhulāni / báhulā¹ |
| Accusative | बहुलम् bahulám |
बहुले bahulé |
बहुलानि / बहुला¹ bahulā́ni / bahulā́¹ |
| Instrumental | बहुलेन bahuléna |
बहुलाभ्याम् bahulā́bhyām |
बहुलैः / बहुलेभिः¹ bahulaíḥ / bahulébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | बहुलाय bahulā́ya |
बहुलाभ्याम् bahulā́bhyām |
बहुलेभ्यः bahulébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | बहुलात् bahulā́t |
बहुलाभ्याम् bahulā́bhyām |
बहुलेभ्यः bahulébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | बहुलस्य bahulásya |
बहुलयोः bahuláyoḥ |
बहुलानाम् bahulā́nām |
| Locative | बहुले bahulé |
बहुलयोः bahuláyoḥ |
बहुलेषु bahuléṣu |
| Notes |
| ||
Descendants edit
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: বহুল (bohul)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀳𑀼𑀮 (bahula)
- Pali: bahula
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀩𑀳𑀼𑀮 (bahula)
- Kachchi: [script needed] (baurā)
- Romani: buxlo
- → Old Gujarati: बहुल (bahula)
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “बहुल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 726.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bahulá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bahura”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press