Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Hindi بهو (bhv /⁠bahū⁠/) (c. 1609),[1], from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū), 𑀯𑀥𑀽 (vadhū), from Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́).[2][3][4]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بَہُو (bahūf (Hindi spelling बहू)

  1. daughter-in-law (son's wife)
  2. (by extension) bride; wifethe newly wedded wife in the family

Declension

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Declension of بہو
singular plural
direct بَہُو (bahū) بَہُویں (bahūẽ)
oblique بَہُو (bahū) بَہُووں (bahūõ)
vocative بَہُو (bahū) بَہُوو (bahūo)

Descendants

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  • English: bahu

References

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  1. ^ بہو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “بہو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 194
  3. ^ S. W. Fallon (1879) “بُـﮩو”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 303
  4. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vadhūˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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