بیوہ
Urdu
Alternative forms
- بیوا (bevā)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بیوَه (bēwa). Doublet of وِدَھوا (vidhavā) and بِدھوا (bidhvā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /beːʋ.ɑ(ː)/
Noun
بیوَہ • (beva) f (Hindi spelling बेवा)
Declension
| 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.