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

• bāhā

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bāhu m

1. arm

Declension

Declension table of "bāhu" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bāhu	bāhavo or bāhū
Accusative (second)	bāhuṃ	bāhavo or bāhū
Instrumental (third)	bāhunā	bāhūhi or bāhūbhi
Dative (fourth)	bāhussa or bāhuno	bāhūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bāhusmā or bāhumhā	bāhūhi or bāhūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	bāhussa or bāhuno	bāhūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bāhusmiṃ or bāhumhi	bāhūsu
Vocative (calling)	bāhu	bāhave or bāhavo

Descendants

• → Thai: พาหุ (paa-hù)

Etymology 2

Adjective

bāhu

1. Combining form of bahu (“many”)