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बीवी

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian بی‌بی (bī-bī).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /biː.ʋiː/

Noun edit

बीवी • (bīvī) f (Urdu spelling بیوی)

  1. wife
    Synonym: पत्नी (patnī)

Declension edit

Declension of बीवी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct बीवी
bīvī 		बीवियाँ
bīviyā̃
oblique बीवी
bīvī 		बीवियों
bīviyõ
vocative बीवी
bīvī 		बीवियो
bīviyo

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बीवी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
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