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bāhāya

bāhā

fem instr sg of bāhā (noun); fem dat sg of bāhā (noun); fem abl sg of bāhā (noun); fem gen sg of bāhā (noun); …

  1. arm
  2. (of a door) post; frame; jamb; lit. arm

Etymology. √bah > bāh + *ā; from √bah 'increase'; Sanskrit bāhu [bṛh]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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