боҳу

Tajik

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Persian [script needed] (bāzu), from Proto-Iranian *bājus, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰus. Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬁𐬰𐬎‎ (bāzu), Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu), Ancient Greek πήχυς (pḗkhus, “forearm”). Also akin to Old Armenian բազուկ (bazuk), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun
Dari باهو‎
Iranian Persian
Tajik боҳу (bohu)

боҳу • (bohu)

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

Synonyms
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