उभय

Hindi

Etymology

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

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

Determiner

उभय • (ubhay)

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

References
  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

Etymology

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

Adjective

उभय • (ubhaya)

  1. in both ways, of two sides

Descendants
  • → Hindi: उभय (ubhay)
  • ⇒ Tocharian B: ubhayavipariti
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