बाहु

See also: बाँह, बांह, बहू, बहु, and बिहा

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɑː.ɦú/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː.ɦu/

Etymology 1

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

बाहु • (bāhú) stem, m

1. the arm, (especially) the fore-arm, the arm between the elbow and the wrist
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
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

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 / 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	¹Vedic

Descendants

• • Kashmiri: बाऊ (bāū)
• • Assamese: বাহু (bahu)
  • Bengali: বাহু (bahu)
• • Gujarati: બાંય (bā̃ya)
  • Hindi: बाँह (bā̃h)
  • Punjabi: ਬਾਂਹ (bā̃h)
• → Malay: bahu

Etymology 2

Noun

बाहु • (bāhu) stem, m

1. Name of a दैत्य.
2. Name of a prince (who brought ruin upon his family by his illegal actions).
3. Name of a son of वृक.
4. Name of a son of वज्र.

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “बाहु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 730.