bow in Arabic
قَوْس qaws
/ˈbəʊ̯//ˈboʊ̯/
bow in Arabic: قَوْس (qaws), عصاية (ʕaṣāya), اِنْحَنَى (inḥanā), قوس (ʔōs). In English, bow means a weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
Arabic words for bow
- rod used for playing stringed instruments
- قَوْس qaws, عصاية ʕaṣāya
- weapon used for shooting arrows
- قَوْس qaws, قوس ʔōs
- type of knot with two loops
- اَنْشُوطَة anšūṭa, فيونكة feyōnka, ببيونة bebyōna
- to become bent
- اِنْحَنَى inḥanā
- to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference
- اِنْحَنَى لِلتَّحِيَّة inḥanā li-t-taḥiyya, اِنْحَنَى inḥanā, رَكَعَ rakaʕa
- gesture made by bending forward at the waist
- اِنْحِنَاءَة inḥināʔa, اِلْتِوَاءَة iltiwāʔa
- front of a boat or ship
- قَيْدُوم qaydūm
English meaning of bow
- noun A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- noun A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- noun A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
- noun A stringed instrument (chordophone), consisting of a stick with a single taut cord stretched between the ends, most often played by plucking.
bow in a sentence
- Holonym: bow and arrow
- The musician bowed his violin expertly.
- The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.
Synonyms of bow
bow in other languages
Questions about bow in Arabic
- What is the meaning of bow in Arabic?
- Bow in Arabic is قَوْس (qaws), عصاية (ʕaṣāya), اِنْحَنَى (inḥanā), قوس (ʔōs).
- ما معنى كلمة bow؟
- Bow: قَوْس (qaws), عصاية (ʕaṣāya), اِنْحَنَى (inḥanā), قوس (ʔōs).
- What does bow mean in English?
- Bow means a weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bow (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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