# भय
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भय (bhaya).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /bʱəj/, [bʱɐj], /bʱɛː/

### Noun

भय • (bhay) m (Urdu spelling بھے or بھئے)
* dread, fear
    Synonyms: डर (ḍar), ख़ौफ़ (xauf), आतंक (ātaṅk)
    जब भूत उसके सामने आया, वह भय से चीत्कार किया।jab bhūt uske sāmne āyā, vah bhay se cītkār kiyā.When the ghost appeared before him, he shrieked with fear.

#### Derived terms

* अभय (abhay)
* निर्भय (nirbhay)
* निर्भयता (nirbhaytā)
* भयंकर (bhayaṅkar)
* भयंकरता (bhayaṅkartā)
* भयभीत (bhaybhīt)
* भयातुर (bhayātur)
* भयानक (bhayānak)
* भयानकता (bhayānaktā)
* भयावह (bhayāvah)
* भयावहता (bhayāvahtā)
* सभय (sabhay)

## Old Gujarati
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भय (bhaya).

### Noun

भय • (bhaya) n
* fear, danger

#### Alternative forms

* भयु (bhayu)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* bhaya (Latin script)
* 𑀪𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* ভয (Bengali script)
* භය (Sinhalese script)
* ဘယ or ꧤယ (Burmese script)
* ภย or ภะยะ (Thai script)
* ᨽᨿ (Tai Tham script)
* ຠຍ or ຠະຍະ (Lao script)
* ភយ (Khmer script)
* 𑄞𑄠 (Chakma script)

### Noun

भय n
* Devanagari script form of bhaya (“fear”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ভয় (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬬ (Balinese script)
* ভয় (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* ဘယ (Burmese script)
* ભય (Gujarati script)
* ਭਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦪ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಭಯ (Kannada script)
* ភយ (Khmer script)
* ຠຍ (Lao script)
* ഭയ (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐫 (Newa script)
* ଭଯ (Odia script)
* ꢩꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖧 (Siddham script)
* භය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚣 (Takri script)
* ப⁴ய (Tamil script)
* భయ (Telugu script)
* ภย (Thai script)
* བྷ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bʱɐ.jɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /bʱɐ.jɐ/

### Noun

भय • (bhayá) stem, n
* fear, alarm, dread, terror, dismay
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.41.10:इन्द्रो॑ अ॒ङ्ग म॒हद्भ॒यम्अ॒भी षदप॑ चुच्यवत्। स हि स्थि॒रो विच॑र्षणिः॥índro aṅgá mahádbhayámabhī́ ṣádápa cucyavat. sá hí sthiró vícarṣaṇiḥ.May Indra, dissipate all great and overpowering fear, for he is resolute, and the beholder of all.
* danger, peril, distress

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Related terms

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

#### Descendants

* Pali: bhaya
* Prakrit: 𑀪𑀬 (bhaya)
    Maharastri Prakrit:
** Konkani: भंय (bhãy)
** Marathi: भें (bhẽ)
    Paisaci Prakrit:
** Punjabi: ਭੌ (bhau)
    Sauraseni Prakrit:
** Hindi: भौ (bhau)
* → Assamese: ভয় (bhoy)
* → Bengali: ভয় (bhoẏ)
* → Hindi: भय (bhay)
* → Kannada: ಭಯ (bhaya)
* → Lü: ᦺᦘ (phay)
* → Malay: bahaya
** Indonesian: bahaya
* → Malayalam: ഭയം (bhayaṁ)
* → Old Gujarati: भय (bhaya)
* → Old Javanese: bhaya
** Javanese: ꦧꦪ (baya, “danger, hazard”)
** → Balinese: ᬪᬬ (baya, “danger, peril”)
* → Tamil: பயம் (payam)
* → Telugu: భయము (bhayamu)
* → Thai: ภัย (pai)

### References

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