بازو

From Urdu بازو‎ (bāzū), from Persian بازو‎ (bâzu).

بازو (bazú)

1. the arm

• Elena Bashir; Maula Nigah; Rahmat Karim Baig (2005), “بازو”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio, Chicago: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago.

From Persian بازو‎ (bâzu).

• IPA^(key): /bɑˈzu/

بازو • (bâzu) m

1. (obsolete, rare) arm
2. a wooden long and rigid object on each of the four sides of a simple cot bed

• (arm) مټ‎

• Raverty, H. G. (1867), “بازو”, in A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues, London: Williams & Nortgate

• باهو‎ (bâhu)

From Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢 (bāzu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (“arm”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬁𐬰𐬬𐬋‎ (bāzvō), Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu), Ancient Greek πῆχυς (pêkhus, “forearm”) and Latin bracchium. Also akin to Old Armenian բազուկ (bazuk), an Iranian borrowing.

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [bɒːˈzuː]

بازو • (bâzu) (plural بازوها‎ (bâzu-hâ) or بازوان‎ (bâzovân))

1. (anatomy) upper arm
2. (anatomy) arm

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बाज़ू (bāzū)

  Urdu: بازو‎

• → Malay: baju (see there for further descendants)
• → Turkish: pazu

From Persian بازو‎.

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑː.zuː/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /bɑː.zuː/

بازو • (bāzū) m (Hindi spelling बाज़ू)

1. (anatomy) arm

   ‏اس کے بازو پر ایک نشان ہے۔‎‎ ― He has a scar on his arm.

2. (anatomy) wing of a bird, etc.
3. (military) flank of an army
4. (figuratively) supporter or companion
5. side of a framework or a door, doorpost
6. sleeve of a garment

• Platts, John Thompson (1884), “بازو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
• “بازو”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

From Pashto بازو‎ (bāzū).

بازو (bāzū)

1. charpai (Pakistani-Afghani bed) arms/legs.