बाहु

See also: बाँह, बांह, बहू, बहु, and बिहा

Sanskrit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *baHźʰúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHĵʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (“arm”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬁𐬰𐬎‎ (bāzu), Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢 (b-a-z-u /bāzu/), (whence Persian ‎ (bâzu)), Ancient Greek πῆχυς (pêkhus, “forearm”), Old English bōg (whence English bough).

बाहु • (bāhú) m

the arm, (especially) the fore-arm, the arm between the elbow and the wrist
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
the arm as a measure of length (= 12 अङ्गुलs).
the fore-foot of an animal (esp. its upper part).
the limb of a bow.
the bar of a chariot-pole.
the post (of a door; » द्वार-ब्°)
(geometry) the side of an angular figure (esp. the base of a right-angled triangle).
the shadow of the gnomon on a sun-dial.
(also du.) the constellation आर्द्रा.

Masculine u-stem declension of बाहु (bāhú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	बाहुः bāhúḥ	बाहू bāhū́	बाहवः bāhávaḥ
Vocative	बाहो bā́ho	बाहू bā́hū	बाहवः bā́havaḥ
Accusative	बाहुम् bāhúm	बाहू bāhū́	बाहून् bāhū́n
Instrumental	बाहुना / बाह्वा¹ bāhúnā / bāhvā̀¹	बाहुभ्याम् bāhúbhyām	बाहुभिः bāhúbhiḥ
Dative	बाहवे / बाह्वे² bāháve / bāhvè²	बाहुभ्याम् bāhúbhyām	बाहुभ्यः bāhúbhyaḥ
Ablative	बाहोः / बाह्वः² bāhóḥ / bāhvàḥ²	बाहुभ्याम् bāhúbhyām	बाहुभ्यः bāhúbhyaḥ
Genitive	बाहोः / बाह्वः² bāhóḥ / bāhvàḥ²	बाह्वोः bāhvóḥ	बाहूनाम् bāhūnā́m
Locative	बाहौ bāhaú	बाह्वोः bāhvóḥ	बाहुषु bāhúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Less common

Dardic: *bāhú
- Kashmiri: बाऊ (bāū)
Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
- Assamese: বাহু (bahu)
- Bengali: বাহু (bahu)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀼 (bāhu)
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀩𑀸𑀳 (bāha)
- Gujarati: બાંય (bā̃ya)
- Hindi: बाँह (bā̃h)
- Punjabi: ਬਾਂਹ (bā̃h)
→ Malay: bahu

बाहु • (bāhu) m

Monier Williams (1899), “बाहु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 730.

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