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Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu, “arm”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *baHźʰúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (“arm”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bāhu
- arm
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "bāhu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pali
Alternative scripts
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús.[1]
Noun
bāhu m[2]
- arm
Declension
Declension table of "bāhu" (masculine)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Adjective
bāhu
- Combining form of bahu (“many”)
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bāhú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- ^ Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “bāhu”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead