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Where does “بازو” come from?

بازو (Pashto) comes from Persian بازو, from Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢, from Proto-Iranian baHjúh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European bʰāǵʰus — arm.

بازو (Pashto): arm; a wooden long and rigid object on each of...

Definitions

  1. arm; a wooden long and rigid object on each of...

Ancestry of “بازو”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبازوupper arm; arm
2Old Persian𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢—
3Proto-IranianbaHjúh—
4Proto-Indo-IranianbʰaHȷ́ʰúšarm
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰāǵʰusarm
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