پاؤں

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Urdu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀅 (pāa), from Sanskrit पाद (pā́da) / पद् (pád, foot), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts, and from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. (compare Hittite [script needed] (pata), Latin pēs, pedis, Tocharian A pe, Tocharian B pai, Lithuanian pāda (sole (foot)), Russian под (pod, ground), Ancient Greek πούς, ποδός (poús, podós), Old Armenian ոտն (otn), English foot.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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پَاؤُں (pāū̃m (Hindi spelling पाँव)

  1. (anatomy) foot
    Synonym: پَیر (pair)
  2. footprint
  3. (by extension) leg
  4. (figuratively) foundation; root; footing
  5. (figuratively) interference; meddling

Further reading

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  • پاؤں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • پاؤں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پاؤں”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “پاؤں”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “پانوں”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 333
  • John Shakespear (1834) “پاؤں”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pā́da”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 455