बाहु

Pali

Alternative scripts
Alternative forms
  • bāhu (Latin script)
  • 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • বাহু (Bengali script)
  • බාහු (Sinhalese script)
  • ဗာဟု or ၿႃႁု (Burmese script)
  • พาหุ (Thai script)
  • ᨻᩣᩉᩩ or ᨻᩤᩉᩩ (Tai Tham script)
  • ພາຫຸ (Lao script)
  • ពាហុ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄝𑄂𑄦𑄪 (Chakma script)

Alternative forms
  • बाहा (bāhā)

Noun

बाहु m

  1. Devanagari script form of bāhu (“arm”)
Declension
Declension table of "बाहु" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)बाहु (bāhu)बाहवो (bāhavo) or बाहू (bāhū)
Accusative (second)बाहुं (bāhuṃ)बाहवो (bāhavo) or बाहू (bāhū)
Instrumental (third)बाहुना (bāhunā)बाहूहि (bāhūhi) or बाहूभि (bāhūbhi)
Dative (fourth)बाहुस्स (bāhussa) or बाहुनो (bāhuno)बाहूनं (bāhūnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)बाहुस्मा (bāhusmā) or बाहुम्हा (bāhumhā)बाहूहि (bāhūhi) or बाहूभि (bāhūbhi)
Genitive (sixth)बाहुस्स (bāhussa) or बाहुनो (bāhuno)बाहूनं (bāhūnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)बाहुस्मिं (bāhusmiṃ) or बाहुम्हि (bāhumhi)बाहूसु (bāhūsu)
Vocative (calling)बाहु (bāhu)बाहवे (bāhave) or बाहवो (bāhavo)

Adjective

बाहु

  1. Devanagari script form of bāhu, which is combining form of बहु (bahu, “many”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • ᬩᬵᬳᬸ (Balinese script)
  • বাহু (Assamese script)
  • বাহু (Bengali script)
  • 𑰤𑰯𑰮𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌬𑌾𑌹𑍁 (Grantha script)
  • બાહુ (Gujarati script)
  • ਬਾਹੁ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦧꦴꦲꦸ (Javanese script)
  • ពាហុ (Khmer script)
  • ಬಾಹು (Kannada script)
  • ພາຫຸ (Lao script)
  • ബാഹു (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘤𑘰𑘮𑘳 (Modi script)
  • ᠪᠠᢗᠾᠤ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠪᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᡠ (Manchu script)
  • ဗာဟု (Burmese script)
  • 𑧄𑧑𑧎𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐧𑐵𑐴𑐸 (Newa script)
  • ବାହୁ (Oriya script)
  • ꢨꢵꢲꢸ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆧𑆳𑆲𑆶 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖤𑖯𑖮𑖲 (Siddham script)
  • බාහු (Sinhalese script)
  • బాహు (Telugu script)
  • พาหุ (Thai script)
  • བཱ་ཧུ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒥𑒰𑒯𑒳 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

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) m

  1. the arm, (especially) the fore-arm, the arm between the elbow and the wrist
  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 / bāhvā̀¹		 बाहुभ्याम्
bāhúbhyām		 बाहुभिः
bāhúbhiḥ
Dative बाहवे / बाह्वे²
bāháve / bāhvè²		 बाहुभ्याम्
bāhúbhyām		 बाहुभ्यः
bāhúbhyaḥ
Ablative बाहोः / बाह्वः²
bāhóḥ / bāhvàḥ²		 बाहुभ्याम्
bāhúbhyām		 बाहुभ्यः
bāhúbhyaḥ
Genitive बाहोः / बाह्वः²
bāhóḥ / bāhvàḥ²		 बाह्वोः
bāhvóḥ		 बाहूनाम्
bāhūnā́m
Locative बाहौ
bāhaú		 बाह्वोः
bāhvóḥ		 बाहुषु
bāhúṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Less common
Descendants
  • Dardic:
    • Kashmiri: बाऊ (bāū)
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀼 (bāhu)
  • Pali: bāhu
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀩𑀸𑀳 (bāha)
  • → Malay: bahu

Noun

बाहु • (bāhu) m

  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
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