different between bahut vs bahu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bahut, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??h?t/, /b??hu?t/

Noun

bahut (plural bahuts)

1. (obsolete) A portable coffer or chest with a rounded lid covered in leather, garnished with nails, once used for the transport of clothes or other personal luggage. It was the original portmanteau.
2. (obsolete, architecture) A dwarf-wall of plain masonry, carrying the roof of a cathedral or church and masked or hidden behind the balustrade.

Usage notes

Towards the end of the 17th century, the name fell into disuse and was replaced by coffer, which probably accounts for its misuse by the French romantic writers of the early 19th century. They applied it to almost any antique sideboard, cupboard or wardrobe, and its use became hopelessly confused.

References

• Bahut in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• thaub

French

Etymology

From Old French bahur. Further origin unknown, most hypotheses being weak in one respect or another (cf. Further reading below). Bratchet suggests Middle High German behut (“hutch for provisions”) or Frankish *bagh?di, *bagh?di (“sideboard”), from Proto-Germanic *bagg- (possibly related to Old Norse baggi, Proto-Germanic *pakkô) + *h?diz (“hide, protection”).

Compare Italian baule, Ladino baul, Portuguese baú.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.y/

Noun

bahut m (plural bahuts)

1. chest; sideboard
2. (school slang) school
3. (colloquial) lorry, truck; (taxi) cab

Further reading

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

References

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