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bahu

Pronunciation: /bahu/

“bahu” is a Malay word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. shoulder (joint between arm and torso)
  2. shoulder (part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency)
  3. chuck (steak) (meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal)

Etymology

From Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *baHźʰúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (“arm”). Doublet of baju.

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