Reconstruction:Old Persian/bādukah

This Old Persian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *baHjúkah.

Noun

*bādukah

1. arm

Descendants

• Early Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (bʾdwg /⁠bādūg⁠/)
  • Late Middle Persian: *bāhūg
    • Classical Persian: باهو (bāhū)

      Judeo-Persian: באהו (bʾhw /⁠bāhū⁠/)

    • → Old Armenian: բահուանդ (bahuand)
    • → Zoroastrian Dari: بویی (bōyī), بوئی (bōʾī), بوئی (būʾī)
    • → Gurani: باھوو (bāhū)
    • → Kurdish:

      Northern Kurdish: bahî

      Central Kurdish: باھوو (bahû), باھۆ (baho)

      Southern Kurdish: باھوو (bahû)