bahu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बहू (bahū), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit, वधू (vadhū́).

Noun

bahu (plural bahus)

1. (India) A daughter-in-law, especially one who lives with her husband's family when married.

Coordinate terms

• saas

Derived terms

• saas-bahu

Anagrams

• habu

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Banjarese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay bahu.

Noun

bahu

1. (anatomy) shoulder

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Central Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu).

Noun

bahu

1. (anatomy) shoulder

References

• "Besemah" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu).

Noun

bahu (plural bahu-bahu)

1. (anatomy) shoulder
2. village chief assistant (Java)
3. (music) edge of musical percussion instrument that takes the form of a flat, circular metal disc which is hit with a mallet, such as gong.

Derived terms

• membahu (“to shoulder, to carry over one's shoulder”)
• bahu-membahu (“to be together, to help each other”)

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit बहु (bahu).

Prefix

bahu

1. many

Anagrams

• ubah (“to change”)
• buah (“fruit”)

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bahu/
• Rhymes: -ahu, -hu, -u

Noun

bahu (Jawi spelling باهو, plural bahu-bahu, informal 1st possessive bahuku, 2nd possessive bahumu, 3rd possessive bahunya)

1. (anatomy) shoulder (joint between arm and torso)
2. shoulder (part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency)

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀩𑀳𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• बहु (Devanagari script)
• বহু (Bengali script)
• බහු (Sinhalese script)
• ဗဟု or ၿႁု (Burmese script)
• พหุ or พะหุ (Thai script)
• ᨻᩉᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ພຫຸ or ພະຫຸ (Lao script)
• ពហុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄦𑄪 (Chakma script)

Adjective

bahu

1. much, many