боҳу

Tajik

Alternative forms

• бозу (bozu)

Etymology

From Old Persian [script?] (bāzu). Cognate with Avestan [script?] (bāzav)[script?], Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu), Ancient Greek πήχυς (pḗkhus, “forearm”). Also akin to Old Armenian բազուկ (bazuk), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

Dari	باهو
Iranian Persian	باهو
Tajik	боҳу (bohu)

боҳу • (bohu)

1. (literary, anatomy) upper arm
2. (literary, anatomy) arm
3. walking stick, cane

Synonyms

• (walking stick, cane): чӯбдаст (čübdast)