बधू

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʌd̪u]
• Phonetic Devanagari: बदु

Noun

बधू • (badhū) f (masculine बर or वर)

1. bride

   Synonyms: दुलही (dulahī), बेहुली (behulī), कन्या (kanyā)

2. wife

   Synonyms: श्रीमती (śrīmatī), बुढी (buḍhī), आइमाई (āimāī), स्वास्नी (svāsnī)

References

• “बधू”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “बधू”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar