बाहु

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Pali[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

बाहु m

  1. Devanagari script form of bāhu (“arm”)
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

बाहु (bāhu)

  1. Devanagari script form of bāhu, which is Combining form of बहु (bahu, many)

Sanskrit[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *baHźʰúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, 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) stemm

  1. the arm, (especially) the fore-arm, the arm between the elbow and the wrist
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.90.12:
      ब्रा॒ह्म॒णो॑ऽस्य॒ मुख॑मासीद्बाहू' रा॑ज॒न्य॑: कृ॒तः।
      ऊ॒रू तद॑स्य॒ यद्वैश्य॑: प॒द्भ्यां शू॒द्रो अ॑जायत॥
      brāhmaṇòʼsya múkhamāsīdbāhū' rājanyà: kṛtáḥ.
      ūrū́ tádasya yádvaíśya: padbhyā́ṃ śūdró ajāyata.
      His mouth became the Brāhmaṇa, his arms became the Rājanya, his thighs became the Vaiśya; the Śūdra was born from his feet.
  2. the arm as a measure of length (= 12 अङ्गुलs)
  3. the fore-foot of an animal (esp. its upper part)
  4. the limb of a bow
  5. the bar of a chariot-pole
  6. the post (of a door; » द्वार-ब्°)
  7. (geometry) the side of an angular figure (esp. the base of a right-angled triangle)
  8. the shadow of the gnomon on a sun-dial
  9. (also du.) the constellation आर्द्रा
Declension[edit]
Masculine u-stem declension of बाहु (bāhú)
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 / bāhvā̀¹
बाहुभ्याम्
bāhúbhyām
बाहुभिः
bāhúbhiḥ
Dative बाहवे / बाह्वे¹
bāháve / bāhvè¹
बाहुभ्याम्
bāhúbhyām
बाहुभ्यः
bāhúbhyaḥ
Ablative बाहोः / बाह्वः¹
bāhóḥ / bāhvàḥ¹
बाहुभ्याम्
bāhúbhyām
बाहुभ्यः
bāhúbhyaḥ
Genitive बाहोः / बाह्वः¹
bāhóḥ / bāhvàḥ¹
बाह्वोः
bāhvóḥ
बाहूनाम्
bāhūnā́m
Locative बाहौ
bāhaú
बाह्वोः
bāhvóḥ
बाहुषु
bāhúṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Descendants[edit]

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) stemm

  1. name of a दैत्य (daitya, demon)
  2. name of a prince (who brought ruin upon his family by his illegal actions)
  3. name of a son of वृक (vṛka, Vrika)
  4. 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