भय

Borrowed from Sanskrit भय (bhaya).

• IPA^(key): /bʱɛː/

भय • (bhay) m (Urdu spelling بھی‎)

1. dread, fear

   जब भूत उसके सामने आया, वह भाय से चीत्कार किया।

   jab bhūt uske sāmne āyā, vah bhāy se cītkār kiyā.

   When the ghost appeared before him, he shrieked with fear.

   Synonyms: डर (ḍar), ख़ौफ़ (xauf), आतंक (ātaṅk)

• अभय (abhay)
• भयकर (bhayakar)
• भयंकर (bhayaṅkar)
  • भयंकरता (bhayaṅkartā)

Borrowed from Sanskrit भय (bhaya)

भय (transliteration needed) n

1. fear, danger

• भयु

भय n

1. fear, fright

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear”). Cognate with Old English bifian (“to tremble”), Persian بیم‎ (bim, “fear”) and Russian бояться (bojatʹsja).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ.jɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱɐ.jɐ/

भय • (bhayá) n

1. fear, alarm, dread
2. terror, dismay, danger, peril, distress

• भीम (bhīma, “fearful”)
• अभय (abhaya, “fearless”)
• भयंकर (bhayaṃkara, “fearful”)

• Assamese: ভয় (bhoy)
• Bengali: ভয় (bhôy)
• Hindi: भय (bhay)
• → Kannada: ಭಯ (bhaya)
• Konkani: भैय (bhaiy)
• → Malay: bahaya
  • Indonesian: bahaya
• → Tamil: பயம் (payam)
• → Telugu: భయము (bhayamu)
• → Thai: ภัย (pai)

• Monier Williams (1899), “भय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 747.