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વહુ

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Gujarati

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū), 𑀯𑀥𑀽 (vadhū), from Sanskrit વધૂ (vadhū́).[1] Doublet of વધૂ (vadhū).

Cognates

Cognate with Bengali বউ (bou), Hindustani بَہُو / बहू (bahū), Marathi वहू (vahū), and Sindhi وَهۇ / वहू (vahū).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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વહુ • (vahu) f[2][3][4][5]

  1. daughter-in-law (son's wife)
    Synonym: પુત્રવધૂ (putravadhu)
  2. (by extension) bride; wife – the newly wedded wife in the family

Declension

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Declension of વહુ
singular plural
nominative વહુ (vahu) વહુઓ (vahuo)
oblique વહુ (vahu) વહુઓ (vahuo)
vocative વહુ (vahu) વહુઓ (vahuo)
instrumental વહુ (vahu) વહુઓ (vahuo)
locative વહુએ (vahue) વહુઓએ (vahuoe)

References

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More information
  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vadhūˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 656: “G. vahu f. 'son's wife'”
  2. ^ “વહુ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
  3. ^ “વહુ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
  4. ^ “વહુ”, in રેખ્તા ગુજરાતી શબ્દકોશ (rekhtā gujrātī śabdakoś) (in Gujarati), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  5. ^ “વહુ”, in गुजराती-हिंदी-अंग्रेज़ी त्रिभाषा कोश (gujrātī-hindī-aṅgrezī tribhāṣā koś) [Gujarati-Hindi-English Trilingual Dictionary] (in Hindi), volume 3, केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय [Central Hindi Directorate], 1989, page 1809
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