वधू
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[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- ৱধূ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬥᬹ (Balinese script)
- বধূ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰠𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀥𑀽 (Brahmi script)
- ဝဓူ (Burmese script)
- વધૂ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਧੂ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌧𑍂 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦣꦹ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂡𑂴 (Kaithi script)
- ವಧೂ (Kannada script)
- វធូ (Khmer script)
- ວຘູ (Lao script)
- വധൂ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᢡᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘠𑘴 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢑᠾᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧀𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐢𑐹 (Newa script)
- ଵଧୂ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢤꢹ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆣𑆷 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖠𑖳 (Siddham script)
- වධූ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩮𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚜𑚱 (Takri script)
- வதூ⁴ (Tamil script)
- వధూ (Telugu script)
- วธู (Thai script)
- ཝ་དྷཱུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒡𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨜𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wadʰúHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wadʰúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-úHs, from *wedʰ- (“to bind, lead”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]वधू • (vadhū́) stem, f
- a bride or newly-married woman, young wife, spouse or any wife or woman
- a daughter-in-law
- any younger female relation
- the female of any animal, especially a cow or mare
Declension
[edit]Feminine ū-stem declension of वधू (vadhū́) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | वधूः vadhū́ḥ |
वध्वौ / वधू¹ vadhvaù / vadhū́¹ |
वध्वः / वधूः¹ vadhvàḥ / vadhū́ḥ¹ |
Vocative | वधु vádhu |
वध्वौ / वधू¹ vádhvau / vádhū¹ |
वध्वः / वधूः¹ vádhvaḥ / vádhūḥ¹ |
Accusative | वधूम् vadhū́m |
वध्वौ / वधू¹ vadhvaù / vadhū́¹ |
वधूः vadhū́ḥ |
Instrumental | वध्वा vadhvā́ |
वधूभ्याम् vadhū́bhyām |
वधूभिः vadhū́bhiḥ |
Dative | वध्वै vadhvaí |
वधूभ्याम् vadhū́bhyām |
वधूभ्यः vadhū́bhyaḥ |
Ablative | वध्वाः / वध्वै² vadhvā́ḥ / vadhvaí² |
वधूभ्याम् vadhū́bhyām |
वधूभ्यः vadhū́bhyaḥ |
Genitive | वध्वाः / वध्वै² vadhvā́ḥ / vadhvaí² |
वध्वोः vadhvóḥ |
वधूनाम् vadhū́nām |
Locative | वध्वाम् vadhvā́m |
वध्वोः vadhvóḥ |
वधूषु vadhū́ṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “वधू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 917/1.
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 497-8
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