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বহু

Bengali

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bohu/, [ˈbohuˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bohu/, [ˈbohuˑ]

Adjective

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

  1. many, much, numerous
  2. diverse
  3. profuse, abundant
  4. poly-, multi-
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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বহু • (bohu)

  1. (literary) wife

References

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