بانہہ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀸 (bāhā)), from Sanskrit बाहु (bāhú).

Pronunciation

Noun

بان٘ہہ • (bāṉh) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਾਂਹ)

  1. (anatomy) arm

Declension

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Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بانہہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • بانہہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of بانہہ
singular plural
direct بانہہ (bāṉh) بانہیں (bāṉhẽ)
oblique بانہہ (bāṉh) بانہوں (bāṉhõ)
vocative بانہہ (bāṉh) بانہو (bāṉho)

Further reading

  • 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, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بانہہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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