वधू
Sanskrit
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Definitions
- 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
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wadʰúHs inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wadʰúHs inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-úHs.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wedʰ-úHs
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bahu English
- bewed English
- elderwed English
- miswed English
- newlywed English
- rewed English
- unwed English
- wadset English
- wed English
- wedbreak English
- weddable English
- wedder English
- wedding English
- wedlease English
- wedlock English
- *wedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wedʰ-úHs Proto-Indo-European
- dowieść Polish
- uwieść Polish
- wieść Polish
- zawieść Polish
- wedden Middle English
- *vestì Proto-Slavic
- बहू Hindi
- *wadʰúHs Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wadʰúHs Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀯𑀳𑀽 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀯𑀳𑀽 Maharastri Prakrit
- ವಧು Kannada