بھو

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

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: pɔ̄̀ IPA^(key): /bʱɔː/, [pɔː˨]
• Rhymes: -ɔː˨

بَھو • (bhau) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭੌ)

1. fear; terror; alarm; dread

   Synonyms: ڈَر (ḍar), دَہْشَت (dahśat)

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھَو”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਭੌ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhayá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 534