विधवा
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit विधवा (vidhávā).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editविधवा • (vidhvā) f (Urdu spelling ودھوا)
- widow (a woman whose spouse has died)
Declension
editSanskrit
editAlternative forms
editAlternative scripts
- ৱিধৱা (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬥᬯᬵ (Balinese script)
- বিধবা (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰠𑰪𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀥𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိဓဝါ (Burmese script)
- વિધવા (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਧਵਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌧𑌵𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦣꦮꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂡𑂫𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿಧವಾ (Kannada script)
- វិធវា (Khmer script)
- ວິຘວາ (Lao script)
- വിധവാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᢡᠠᠸᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘠𑘪𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᢑᠾᠠᠸᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑧀𑧊𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐢𑐰𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଵିଧଵା (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢤꢮꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆣𑆮𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖠𑖪𑖯 (Siddham script)
- විධවා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑩮𑩾𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚜𑚦𑚭 (Takri script)
- வித⁴வா (Tamil script)
- విధవా (Telugu script)
- วิธวา (Thai script)
- ཝི་དྷ་ཝཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒡𑒫𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨜𑨭𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwidʰáwaH (“widow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (“widow”). Cognate with Latin vidua, Ancient Greek ἠΐθεος (ēḯtheos), Russian вдова (vdova), Old English widuwe (whence English widow).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editविधवा • (vidhávā) stem, f
Declension
editFeminine ā-stem declension of विधवा (vidhávā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | विधवा vidhávā |
विधवे vidháve |
विधवाः vidhávāḥ |
Vocative | विधवे vídhave |
विधवे vídhave |
विधवाः vídhavāḥ |
Accusative | विधवाम् vidhávām |
विधवे vidháve |
विधवाः vidhávāḥ |
Instrumental | विधवया / विधवा¹ vidhávayā / vidhávā¹ |
विधवाभ्याम् vidhávābhyām |
विधवाभिः vidhávābhiḥ |
Dative | विधवायै vidhávāyai |
विधवाभ्याम् vidhávābhyām |
विधवाभ्यः vidhávābhyaḥ |
Ablative | विधवायाः / विधवायै² vidhávāyāḥ / vidhávāyai² |
विधवाभ्याम् vidhávābhyām |
विधवाभ्यः vidhávābhyaḥ |
Genitive | विधवायाः / विधवायै² vidhávāyāḥ / vidhávāyai² |
विधवयोः vidhávayoḥ |
विधवानाम् vidhávānām |
Locative | विधवायाम् vidhávāyām |
विधवयोः vidhávayoḥ |
विधवासु vidhávāsu |
Notes |
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Descendants
edit- Pali: vidhavā
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀯𑀸 (vihavā)
- → Hindi: विधवा (vidhvā)
- → Kannada: ವಿಧವೆ (vidhave)
- → Khmer: វិធវា (vithĕəʼviə)
- → Malayalam: വിധവ (vidhava)
- → Tamil: விதவை (vitavai)
- → Telugu: విధవ (vidhava)
References
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “विधवा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0967.
Categories:
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hindi terms borrowed from Sanskrit
- Hindi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Hindi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hindi lemmas
- Hindi nouns
- Hindi feminine nouns
- Hindi feminine ā-stem nouns
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit nouns
- Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script
- Sanskrit feminine nouns
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