بیوہ

Urdu

Alternative forms

  • بیوا (bevā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیوَه (bēwa). Doublet of وِدَھوا (vidhavā) and بِدھوا (bidhvā).

Pronunciation

Noun

بیوَہ • (bevaf (Hindi spelling बेवा)

  1. widow

Declension

Declension of بیوہ
singular plural
direct بیوَہ (bevah) بیوائیں (bevā'ẽ)
oblique بیوَہ (bevah) بیواؤں (bevāõ)
vocative بیوَہ (bevah) بیواؤ (bevāo)

Further reading

  • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “بیوہ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 322
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “بیوہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 212
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “بیوہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 142
  • بیوہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • بیوہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.