bow in Persian
آرشِه ârše
/ˈbəʊ̯//ˈboʊ̯/
bow in Persian: آرشِه (ârše), کَمان (kamân), خَم (xam), خمیدن (xamidan). 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.
Persian words for bow
- rod used for playing stringed instruments
- آرشِه ârše
- weapon used for shooting arrows
- کَمان kamân
- bend in a rod or planar surface
- خَم xam
- to become bent
- خمیدن xamidan
- to bend a thing
- خماندن xamândan, خم کردن xam kardan
- gesture made by bending forward at the waist
- تعظیم ta'zim, کرنش korneš, نماز namâz
- front of a boat or ship
- سینِه sine
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 Persian
- What is the meaning of bow in Persian?
- Bow in Persian is آرشِه (ârše), کَمان (kamân), خَم (xam), خمیدن (xamidan).
- معنی bow چیست؟
- Bow: آرشِه (ârše), کَمان (kamân), خَم (xam), خمیدن (xamidan).
- 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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