बाहेक

Except and Besides

Level 3Sounds Like bāhēka

बाहेक leaves out one thing, or adds another.

How It Works

बाहेक has two senses that depend on the sentence.

SenseExample
exceptरामबाहेक सबै आए।
exceptआइतबारबाहेक म हरेक दिन अफिस जान्छु।
besidesनेपालीबाहेक सरिता हिन्दी पनि बोल्छिन्।

With a negative it means nothing but: मलाई चियाबाहेक अरू केही चाहिँदैन (I need nothing but tea).

बाहेक joins a plain noun, as in रामबाहेक. After a word with को or का, it stays separate: उनको बाहेक. This is the same rule as for other one-word postpositions.

Do not mix it up with बिना, which means without: रामबिना हामी जाँदैनौँ (we will not go without Ram). In the except sense, बाहेक takes one thing out of a group, and the rest of the sentence stays as it is.

Examples (4)

  1. रामबाहेक सबै आए।

    Everyone came except Ram.

    बाहेक is joined to राम.

  2. आइतबारबाहेक म हरेक दिन अफिस जान्छु।

    I go to the office every day except Sunday.

    The time word can take बाहेक.

  3. नेपालीबाहेक सरिता हिन्दी पनि बोल्छिन्।

    Besides Nepali, Sarita speaks Hindi too.

    बाहेक adds another thing.

  4. मलाई चियाबाहेक अरू केही चाहिँदैन।

    I need nothing but tea.

    With a negative, बाहेक means nothing but.

Common Mistakes

  • Writing बाहेक as a separate word.

    राम बाहेक सबै आए।
    रामबाहेक सबै आए।

    बाहेक joins the plain noun before it.

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बाहेकLevel 3Except and Besides

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बाहेक means except.