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  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bʊ.ɑː/, [bʊ.äː]

Noun edit

बुआ (buāf (Urdu spelling بؤا)

  1. father's sister; paternal aunt

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References edit

  1. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बूआ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “बूआ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  1. बुआ”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
  2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “buba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 526
  3. Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बुआ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  4. Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बुआ”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
  5. Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बुआ”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.