# बाहु
## Pali
### Alternative scripts

* 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)

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

बाहु m
* Devanagari script form of bāhu (“arm”)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

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

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* বাহু (Assamese script)
* ᬩᬵᬳᬸ (Balinese script)
* বাহু (Bengali script)
* 𑰤𑰯𑰮𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* ဗာဟု (Burmese script)
* બાહુ (Gujarati script)
* ਬਾਹੁ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌬𑌾𑌹𑍁 (Grantha script)
* ꦧꦴꦲꦸ (Javanese script)
* 𑂥𑂰𑂯𑂳 (Kaithi script)
* ಬಾಹು (Kannada script)
* ពាហុ (Khmer script)
* ພາຫຸ (Lao script)
* ബാഹു (Malayalam script)
* ᠪᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᡠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘤𑘰𑘮𑘳 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠠᢗᠾᠤ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧄𑧑𑧎𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐧𑐵𑐴𑐸 (Newa script)
* ବାହୁ (Odia script)
* ꢨꢵꢲꢸ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆧𑆳𑆲𑆶 (Sharada script)
* 𑖤𑖯𑖮𑖲 (Siddham script)
* බාහු (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩲𑩛𑪂𑩒 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚠𑚭𑚩𑚰 (Takri script)
* ப³ாஹு (Tamil script)
* బాహు (Telugu script)
* พาหุ (Thai script)
* བཱ་ཧུ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒥𑒰𑒯𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨠𑨊𑨱𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bɑː.ɦú/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /bɑː.ɦu/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš (“arm”), 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) stem, m
* the arm, (especially) the fore-arm, the arm between the elbow and the wrist
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.51.12:प्र ते॑ अश्नोतु कु॒क्ष्योः प्रेन्द्र॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ शिरः॑। प्र बा॒हू शू॑र॒ राध॑से॥prá te aśnotu kukṣyóḥ préndra bráhmaṇā śíraḥ. prá bāhū́ śūra rā́dhase.May this libation, Indra, penetrate to your flanks; may it, (aided) by prayer, reach your head; may it spread, hero, through your arms, (that they may distribute) wealth.
* the arm as a measure of length (= 12 अङ्गुलs)
* the fore-foot of an animal (especially its upper part)
* the limb of a bow
* the bar of a chariot-pole
* the post (of a door; » द्वार-ब्°)
* (geometry) the side of an angular figure, (especially) the base of a right-angled triangle
* the shadow of the gnomon on a sun-dial

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

##### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: बाऊ (bāū)
* Magadhi Prakrit:
** Assamese: বাহু (bahu)
** Bengali: বাহু (bahu)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀼 (bāhu)
** Old Marathi: 𑘤𑘰𑘮𑘳𑘘𑘰 (bāhuṭā)
* Pali: bāhu
** → Thai: พาหุ (paa-hù)
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀩𑀸𑀳 (bāha)
** Gujarati: બાંય (bā̃ya)
** Hindi: बाँह (bā̃h)
** Urdu: بان٘ہہ (bāṉh)
** Punjabi: ਬਾਂਹ (bā̃h)
** Romani: baj (“sleeve”)
* → Kannada: ಬಾಹು (bāhu)
* → Malay: bahu
* → Marathi: बाहू (bāhū)
* → Tamil: பாகு (pāku)
* → Telugu: బాహువు (bāhuvu)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably the same as Etymology 1.”)

#### Noun

बाहु • (bāhu) stem, m
* name of a दैत्य (daitya, “demon”)
* name of a prince (who brought ruin upon his family by his illegal actions)
* name of a son of वृक (vṛka, “Vrika”)
* name of a son of वज्र (vajra, “Vajra”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “बाहु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 730/2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 223-4