बीवी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بی‌بی (bī-bī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /biː.ʋiː/

Noun

बीवी • (bīvī) f (Urdu spelling بیوی)

1. wife

   Synonym: पत्नी (patnī)

Declension

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

• बीबी (bībī)

References

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