वधू
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱধূ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬥᬹ (Balinese script)
- বধূ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰠𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀥𑀽 (Brahmi script)
- ဝဓူ (Burmese script)
- વધૂ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਧੂ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌧𑍂 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦣꦹ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂡𑂴 (Kaithi script)
- ವಧೂ (Kannada script)
- វធូ (Khmer script)
- ວຘູ (Lao script)
- വധൂ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᢡᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘠𑘴 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢑᠾᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧀𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐢𑐹 (Newa script)
- ଵଧୂ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢤꢹ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆣𑆷 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖠𑖳 (Siddham script)
- වධූ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩮𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚜𑚱 (Takri script)
- வதூ⁴ (Tamil script)
- వధూ (Telugu script)
- วธู (Thai script)
- ཝ་དྷཱུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒡𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨜𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wadʰúHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wadʰúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-úHs, from *wedʰ- (“to bind, lead”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐ.dʱúː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɐ.d̪ʱuː/
Noun
व॒धू • (vadhū́) stem, f
- 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
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | व॒धूः (vadhū́ḥ) | व॒ध्वौ॑ (vadhvàu) व॒धू¹ (vadhū́¹) |
व॒ध्वः॑ (vadhvàḥ) व॒धूः¹ (vadhū́ḥ¹) |
| accusative | व॒धूम् (vadhū́m) | व॒ध्वौ॑ (vadhvàu) व॒धू¹ (vadhū́¹) |
व॒धूः (vadhū́ḥ) |
| instrumental | व॒ध्वा (vadhvā́) | व॒धूभ्या॑म् (vadhū́bhyām) | व॒धूभिः॑ (vadhū́bhiḥ) |
| dative | व॒ध्वै (vadhvái) | व॒धूभ्या॑म् (vadhū́bhyām) | व॒धूभ्यः॑ (vadhū́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | व॒ध्वाः (vadhvā́ḥ) व॒ध्वै² (vadhvái²) |
व॒धूभ्या॑म् (vadhū́bhyām) | व॒धूभ्यः॑ (vadhū́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | व॒ध्वाः (vadhvā́ḥ) व॒ध्वै² (vadhvái²) |
व॒ध्वोः (vadhvóḥ) | व॒धूना॑म् (vadhū́nām) |
| locative | व॒ध्वाम् (vadhvā́m) | व॒ध्वोः (vadhvóḥ) | व॒धूषु॑ (vadhū́ṣu) |
| vocative | वधु॑ (vádhu) | वध्वौ॑ (vádhvau) वधू॑¹ (vádhū¹) |
वध्वः॑ (vádhvaḥ) वधूः॑¹ (vádhūḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
- वधूमत् (vadhū́mat)
- वधूयु (vadhūyú)
Descendants
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “vadhū́-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 497
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “वधू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 917, column 1.