بازو

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

بازو (bazú)

1. the arm

• Elena Bashir, Maula Nigah, Rahmat Karim Baig (2022) “بازو”, in A digital Khowar-English dictionary with audio‎^[1], second edition, Chicago, I.L.: South Asia Language and Area Center, University of Chicago, archived from the original on 19 January 2023.

From Persian بازو (bâzu).

• IPA^(key): /bɑˈzu/

بازو • (bāzú) 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), Khotanese bāysū, Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu) and Ancient Greek πῆχυς (pêkhus, “forearm”). Also akin to Old Armenian բազուկ (bazuk), an Iranian borrowing.

• Audio (Iran):

  (file)

بازو • (bâzu) (plural بازوها, or بازوان (bâzovân))

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

• → Bengali: বাজু (baju)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बाज़ू (bāzū)

  Urdu: بازو (bāzo)

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

Borrowed from Classical Persian بازو (bāzū). Doublet of بانہہ (bāṉh).

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

• Audio (Pakistan):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uː

بازُو • (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

• “بازو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بازو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بازو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “بازو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

From Pashto بازو (bāzū).

بازو (bāzū)

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