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bhaye

bhaya

masc acc pl of bhaya (adj); nt acc pl of bhaya (adj); masc loc sg of bhaya (adj); nt loc sg of bhaya (adj); …

  1. dangerous; perilous; frightening
  2. fear; terror (of); fright; dismay
  3. danger; peril (of; from)

Etymology. √bhī > bhay + *a; from √bhī 'fear'; Sanskrit bhaya [bhī]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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