बाहु
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- the arm, (especially) the fore-arm, the arm between the elbow and the wrist
- 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *baHźʰúṣ inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (forearm, arm, elbow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰeh₂ǵʰús
Gloss
forearm, arm, elbow
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
肘
Emoji
🫂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bough English
- boughed English
- πῆχυς Ancient Greek
- *bʰeh₂ǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂ǵʰús Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰāǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- *bōguz Proto-Germanic
- bough Middle English
- बाँह Hindi
- बाज़ू Hindi
- бозу Persian
- боҳу Persian
- بازو Persian
- พาหุ Thai
- bahu Malay
- baju Malay
- বাহু Assamese
- bāhu Pali
- *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *baHźʰúṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀸 Sauraseni Prakrit
- *baHjúh Proto-Iranian
- *baHjúš Proto-Iranian
- *bājus Proto-Iranian
- ਬਾਂਹ Panjabi, Punjabi
- 𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢 Old Persian
- *pā́kʰus Proto-Hellenic
- بازو Pashto, Pushto
- bahu ms-cla
- bahu Central Malay