𑀯𑀳𑀽

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wadʰúHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wadʰúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-úHs, from *wedʰ- (“to bind, lead”). Cognate with Pali vadhū.

Noun

𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū) f (Devanagari वहू, Kannada ವಹೂ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. bride, wife

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (feminine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū)	𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀑 (vahūo) or 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū)
Accusative	𑀯𑀳𑀼𑀁 (vahuṃ)	𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀑 (vahūo) or 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū)
Instrumental	𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀏 (vahūe)	𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀳𑀺 (vahūhi) or 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀁 (vahūhiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀑 (vahūo)	𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (vahūhiṃto)
Genitive	𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀏 (vahūe)	𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀡 (vahūṇa) or 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀡𑀁 (vahūṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀏 (vahūe)	𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀲𑀼 (vahūsu) or 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀲𑀼𑀁 (vahūsuṃ)
Vocative	𑀯𑀳𑀼 (vahu) or 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū)	𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀑 (vahūo) or 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū)

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 141
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 13.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vadhūˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press