بانہہ

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑀸𑀳 (bāha), from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhú).

بانہہ (bānh)

1. (anatomy) arm

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑀸𑀳 (bāha), from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhú).

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: bā̃́ IPA^(key): /bä̃ː˦/

بان٘ہہ • (bāṉh) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਾਂਹ)

1. (anatomy) arm

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• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bāhú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 521

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بانہہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “بانہہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀸 (bāhā), from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāǵʰus. Doublet of بَازُو (bāzū).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑ̃ːɦ/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃ːɦ

بان٘ہْہ • (bā̃h) f (Hindi spelling बाँह) (chiefly Punjabic Urdu or poetic, usually in the plural)

1. arm; forearm
2. sleeve
3. (figuratively) a helper

• “بانہہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بانہہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بانہہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.