विधवा
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- widow; husbandless woman
- a country bereft of a king
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *HwidʰáwaH inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwidʰáwaH inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (widow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁widʰéwh₂
Gloss
widow
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
寡
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- military widow English
- widow English
- widow foreclosure English
- widow-hunter English
- widow-maker English
- widower English
- widowhead English
- widowhood English
- widowlike English
- widowly English
- *viduva Latin
- vidua Latin
- Witwe German
- вдова Russian
- viuda Spanish, Castilian
- ἠΐθεος Ancient Greek
- *h₁widʰéwh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *widuwǭ Proto-Germanic
- widuwe Old English
- widwe Middle English
- *vьdova Proto-Slavic
- viuda Catalan, Valencian
- vídua Catalan, Valencian
- विधवा Hindi
- విధవ Telugu
- 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 Gothic
- *waiso gmw-pro
- *widuwā gmw-pro
- *widwā Proto-Celtic
- *HwidʰáwaH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- viuda Asturian
- *HwidʰáwaH Proto-Indo-Aryan
- viuda Old Spanish
- 𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀯𑀸 Maharastri Prakrit
- *HwidáwaH Proto-Iranian
- ವಿಧವೆ Kannada
- *ewítʰewos Proto-Hellenic
- biúba Mirandese