बहुल

Old Gujarati

Borrowed from Sanskrit बहुल (bahula).

बहुल • (bahula)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *baźʰulás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaȷ́ʰu-lás, from *bʰaȷ́ʰúš.

बहुल • (bahulá) stem

thick, large
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
abundant, many
बहुलम् ― bahulam ― many
- Nir
- Prāt
- c. 600 BCE – 400 BCE, Pāṇini
accompanied by, attended with
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Chāndogya Upaniṣad
- c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
(grammar) variously applicable, comprehensive
born under the Pleiades
- c. 600 BCE – 400 BCE, Pāṇini

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	¹Vedic

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	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

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	¹Vedic

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)

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

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