پاؤں

See also: باون

Urdu

Alternative forms

• پان٘وْ (pā̃v) (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पद् (pád), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (compare Hittite [script needed] (pata), Latin pēs, pedis, Tocharian A pe, Tocharian B pai, Lithuanian pāda (“sole (foot)”), Russian под (pod, “ground”), Ancient Greek πούς, ποδός (poús, podós), Old Armenian ոտն (otn), English foot.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɑ̃ː.ũː/, /pɑ̃ː.uː/

Noun

پاؤُں • (pāū̃) m (Hindi spelling पाँव)

1. (anatomy) foot

   Synonym: پَیر (pair)

Further reading

• “پاؤں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “پاؤں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پاؤں”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.