बहुत بہت ♣ Eng. pachyderm

बहुत بہت ♣ Eng. pachyderm

[bahut]~[bɔh₍ɔ₎t], adv. very, much, many.

[◀MIA: Pk. bahutta-, bahūa- ‘much’; Pa. bahutta- n. ‘abundance, multiplicity’ ◀OIA bahutva- n. ‘abundance’ MBh. <bahú- ‘much, many, great’ RV., bahuka- ‘costing much’ lex. <√baṁh ‘be big’ ◀PIE *bhenĝh-, bhn̥ĝh- (adj. bhn̥ĝhú-s) ‘thick, fat, dense’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. pachyderm ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0182; (Turner, 1966) 9190, 9187, p.514; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 485; (MW, 1899) 0725, 0724, 0719; (Pokorny, 1959) 0127; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.220, 2.204