بھو

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀬 (bhaya), from Sanskrit भय (bhayá, “fear, alarm, terror”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَھو • (bhau) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭੌ)

  1. fear; terror; alarm; dread
    Synonyms: ڈَر (ḍar), دَہْشَت (dahśat)

Declension

Declension of بھو
dir. sg. بَھواں
dir. pl. بَھواں
singular plural
direct بَھواں بَھواں
oblique بَھواں بَھواں
vocative بَھوا بَھوؤ (bhau'o)
ablative بَھوؤں (bhau'oṉ) —
locative بَھوئے (bhau'e) بَھوِیں (bhauiīṉ)
instrumental — —

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھَو”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “ਭੌ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhayá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 534
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