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English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• baugh (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bæ/, /b??/
• Rhymes: -æ, -??
• Homophones: baa, bar (in some pronunciations)

Interjection

bah

1. (sometimes humorous) Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper.

Synonyms

• (expressing contempt): pht, feh, meh, pooh, pshaw, poh, pish; see also Thesaurus:bah
• (expressing disgust): bleh, ick, ych a fi; see also Thesaurus:yuck

Derived terms

• bah humbug
• pooh-bah, poobah

Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• baa

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophones: baa, bar (in some pronunciations)

Noun

bah (plural bahs)

1. Alternative spelling of baa (the cry of a sheep or goat).

Etymology 3

From Mandarin ? (ba).

Pronunciation

Particle

bah

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Anagrams

• ABH, AHB, BHA, HAB, HBA, Hab, Hab., hab

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?/
• Hyphenation: bah

Interjection

bah

1. An exclamation of disapproval, contempt or disgust: bah, yuck

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba/

Interjection

bah

1. No.

   Bah, bah, bah !

   No, no, no!

2. An exclamation to fill space, often used as an intensifier; well, err, um.

   Tu veux jouer aussi ? - Bah, ouais.

   Do you want to play too? - Well, yeah.

Synonyms

• (exclamation to fill space): ben

Further reading

• “bah” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• hab

German

Alternative forms

• bäh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba(h)/, /ba?/, /ba.a?/

Interjection

bah

1. an exclamation of disgust: yuck, etc.

Synonyms

• igitt
• iiih
• pfui
• üäh

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba/
• Rhymes: -a

Interjection

bah

1. Indicates astonishment, resignation and despise; usually used after noticing or hearing something you don't like or you don't know what to think about, to avoid commenting or giving an answer to a question.

See also

• mah

References

• bah in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bah/
• Rhymes: -bah, -ah

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *baah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *baah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *baah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq.

Alternative forms

• ???

Noun

bah (Jawi spelling ??, plural bah-bah)

1. flood (overflow of water)

Synonyms

• banjir / ??????

Etymology 2

Shortened form of abah, from Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.

Alternative forms

• abah
• aba
• ????
• ???
• ???

Noun

bah (Jawi spelling ??)

1. Alternative form of abah

Etymology 3

Shortened form of babah, from baba, variant of bapa.

Alternative forms

• bapa
• baba
• babah
• bapanda
• bapai
• bapak
• bapang
• papa
• ????
• ?????
• ?????
• ???
• ???????
• ??????
• ?????
• ?????
• ????

Noun

bah (Jawi spelling ??)

1. Alternative form of bapa

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of bahasa, from Sanskrit ???? (bh???, “language”).

Alternative forms

• bahasa
• ?????
• ???

Noun

bah (Jawi spelling ??)

1. Abbreviation of bahasa.

Etymology 5

Shortened form of bawah, from Proto-Malayic *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq, from Proto-Austronesian *babaq.

Alternative forms

• bawah
• ?????
• ???

Preposition

bah (Jawi spelling ??)

1. Alternative form of bawah

Min Nan

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba/, [?ba]

Interjection

bah

1. indicates disdain or unbelief

See also

• qué va

References

• “bah” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Zou

Verb

bah

1. bet

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ??? (bah?), from Sanskrit ??? (vadh??).

Noun

bahu (plural bahus)

1. (India) A daughter-in-law or sister-in-law, especially one who lives with her husband's family when married.

Coordinate terms

• saas

Derived terms

• saas-bahu

Anagrams

• habu

Banjarese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay bahu.

Noun

bahu

1. (anatomy) shoulder

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Central Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ???? (b?hu).

Noun

bahu

1. (anatomy) shoulder

References

• "Besemah" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bahu/, [?ba.hu]
• Hyphenation: ba?hu

Etymology 1

• From Malay bahu, from Classical Malay bahu, from Sanskrit ???? (b?hu), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *baH??ú?, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *b?aH???úš, from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh???ús (“arm”). Doublet of baju.
• Semantic loan from Javanese bau (???, “arm, village assistant”), from Old Javanese b?hu (“arm”), from the same Sanskrit ???? (b?hu). See also Javanese bahudendha (“powerful”), from Old Javanese b?huda??a (“arm; assistant, guard, protection”, literally “long arm, arm-staff”), from Sanskrit ???????? (b?huda??a, “long arm, arm-staff”).

Noun 1

bahu (plural bahu-bahu)

1. (anatomy) shoulder

Synonyms

• pundak

Derived terms

• membahu (“to shoulder, to carry over one's shoulder”)
• bahu-membahu (“to be together, to help each other”)

Noun 2

bahu (plural bahu-bahu)

1. village chief assistant, kepala dusun (Java)
2. (music, figuratively) edge of musical percussion instrument that takes the form of a flat, circular metal disc which is hit with a mallet, such as gong (the shoulder of the instrument).

Related terms

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ??? (bahu).

Noun

bahu

1. many

Derived terms

• bahu guna
• bahu pada

Related terms

Anagrams

• ubah (“to change”)
• buah (“fruit”)

Further reading

• “bahu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bahu/
• Rhymes: -ahu, -hu, -u

Noun

bahu (Jawi spelling ?????, plural bahu-bahu, informal 1st possessive bahuku, impolite 2nd possessive bahumu, 3rd possessive bahunya)

1. (anatomy) shoulder (joint between arm and torso)
2. shoulder (part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency)

Descendants

• Indonesian: bahu

Further reading

• “bahu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (bahu).

Adjective

bahu

1. much, many