बाहु
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Pali
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[edit]Alternative scripts
Alternative forms
[edit]- बाहा (bāhā)
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]बाहु m
- Devanagari script form of bāhu (“arm”)
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "बाहु" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | बाहु (bāhu) | बाहवो (bāhavo) or बाहू (bāhū) |
Accusative (second) | बाहुं (bāhuṃ) | बाहवो (bāhavo) or बाहू (bāhū) |
Instrumental (third) | बाहुना (bāhunā) | बाहूहि (bāhūhi) or बाहूभि (bāhūbhi) |
Dative (fourth) | बाहुस्स (bāhussa) or बाहुनो (bāhuno) | बाहूनं (bāhūnaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | बाहुस्मा (bāhusmā) or बाहुम्हा (bāhumhā) | बाहूहि (bāhūhi) or बाहूभि (bāhūbhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | बाहुस्स (bāhussa) or बाहुनो (bāhuno) | बाहूनं (bāhūnaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | बाहुस्मिं (bāhusmiṃ) or बाहुम्हि (bāhumhi) | बाहूसु (bāhūsu) |
Vocative (calling) | बाहु (bāhu) | बाहवे (bāhave) or बाहवो (bāhavo) |
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]बाहु (bāhu)
- Devanagari script form of bāhu, which is combining form of बहु (bahu, “many”)
Sanskrit
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[edit]Alternative scripts
- বাহু (Assamese script)
- ᬩᬵᬳᬸ (Balinese script)
- বাহু (Bengali script)
- 𑰤𑰯𑰮𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဗာဟု (Burmese script)
- બાહુ (Gujarati script)
- ਬਾਹੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌬𑌾𑌹𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦧꦴꦲꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂥𑂰𑂯𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಬಾಹು (Kannada script)
- ពាហុ (Khmer script)
- ພາຫຸ (Lao script)
- ബാഹു (Malayalam script)
- ᠪᠠ᠊ᠠᡥᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘤𑘰𑘮𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠪᠠᢗᠾᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧄𑧑𑧎𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐧𑐵𑐴𑐸 (Newa script)
- ବାହୁ (Odia script)
- ꢨꢵꢲꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆧𑆳𑆲𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖤𑖯𑖮𑖲 (Siddham script)
- බාහු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩲𑩛𑪂𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚠𑚭𑚩𑚰 (Takri script)
- ப³ாஹு (Tamil script)
- బాహు (Telugu script)
- พาหุ (Thai script)
- བཱ་ཧུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒥𑒰𑒯𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨠𑨊𑨱𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (“arm”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬁𐬰𐬎 (bāzu), Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢 (b-a-z-u /bāzu/), (whence Persian بازو (bâzu)), Ancient Greek πῆχυς (pêkhus, “forearm”), Old English bōg (whence English bough).
Noun
[edit]बाहु • (bāhú) stem, m
- the arm, (especially) the fore-arm, the arm between the elbow and the wrist
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.51.12:
- प्र ते॑ अश्नोतु कु॒क्ष्योः प्रेन्द्र॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ शिर॑:। प्र बा॒हू शू॑र॒ राध॑से॥
- prá te aśnotu kukṣyóḥ préndra bráhmaṇā śíra:. prá bāhū́ śūra rā́dhase.
- May this libation, Indra, penetrate to your flanks; may it, (aided) by prayer, reach your head; may it spread, hero, through your arms, (that they may distribute) wealth.
- प्र ते॑ अश्नोतु कु॒क्ष्योः प्रेन्द्र॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ शिर॑:। प्र बा॒हू शू॑र॒ राध॑से॥
- the arm as a measure of length (= 12 अङ्गुलs)
- the fore-foot of an animal (especially 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, (especially) the base of a right-angled triangle
- the shadow of the gnomon on a sun-dial
Declension
[edit]Masculine u-stem declension of बाहु (bāhú) | |||
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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 / bāhvā́¹ |
बाहुभ्याम् bāhúbhyām |
बाहुभिः bāhúbhiḥ |
Dative | बाहवे / बाह्वे¹ bāháve / bāhvé¹ |
बाहुभ्याम् bāhúbhyām |
बाहुभ्यः bāhúbhyaḥ |
Ablative | बाहोः / बाह्वः¹ bāhóḥ / bāhváḥ¹ |
बाहुभ्याम् bāhúbhyām |
बाहुभ्यः bāhúbhyaḥ |
Genitive | बाहोः / बाह्वः¹ bāhóḥ / bāhváḥ¹ |
बाह्वोः bāhvóḥ |
बाहूनाम् bāhūnā́m |
Locative | बाहौ bāhaú |
बाह्वोः bāhvóḥ |
बाहुषु bāhúṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]- Dardic:
- Kashmiri: बाऊ (bāū)
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀼 (bāhu)
- Pali: bāhu
- → Thai: พาหุ (paa-hù)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀩𑀸𑀳 (bāha)
- → Malay: bahu
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably the same as Etymology 1.”)
Noun
[edit]बाहु • (bāhu) stem, m
- name of a दैत्य (daitya, “demon”)
- name of a prince (who brought ruin upon his family by his illegal actions)
- name of a son of वृक (vṛka, “Vrika”)
- name of a son of वज्र (vajra, “Vajra”)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “बाहु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 730/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 223-4
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