bāhu

See also: bahu and bāhu-

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu, “arm”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *baHźʰúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (“arm”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ba.hu/
  • Rhymes: -hu
  • Homophone: bahu
  • Hyphenation: bā‧hu

Noun

bāhu

  1. arm

Derived terms
  • aṅaras bahu
  • bāhubhūṣaṇa
  • bāhudaṇḍa
  • bāhupāda
  • bāhurakṣa
  • kilatbāhu
  • śaṅkhabāhu

Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦧꦲꦸ (bahu, “arm”)
  • → Balinese: ᬩᬵᬳᬸ (bahu), ᬩᬳᬸ (bahu)

Further reading
  • "bāhu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative scripts
Alternative forms
  • 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • बाहु (Devanagari script)
  • বাহু (Bengali script)
  • බාහු (Sinhalese script)
  • ဗာဟု or ၿႃႁု (Burmese script)
  • พาหุ (Thai script)
  • ᨻᩣᩉᩩ or ᨻᩤᩉᩩ (Tai Tham script)
  • ພາຫຸ (Lao script)
  • ពាហុ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄝𑄂𑄦𑄪 (Chakma script)

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús.[1]

Noun

bāhu m[2]

  1. arm
Declension
Declension table of "bāhu" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)bāhubāhavo or bāhū
Accusative (second)bāhuṃbāhavo or bāhū
Instrumental (third)bāhunābāhūhi or bāhūbhi
Dative (fourth)bāhussa or bāhunobāhūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)bāhusmā or bāhumhābāhūhi or bāhūbhi
Genitive (sixth)bāhussa or bāhunobāhūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)bāhusmiṃ or bāhumhibāhūsu
Vocative (calling)bāhubāhave or bāhavo
Descendants

Adjective

bāhu

  1. Combining form of bahu (“many”)

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bāhú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “bāhu”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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