Prakrit
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit विवाह (vivāha).
Noun
𑀯𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀳 (vivāha) m (Devanagari विवाह) [1][2]
- marriage
Descendants
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: ब्याह (byāh)
- Urdu: بِیاہ (biyāh)
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali-Assamese:
- Bengali: বিয়ে (biẏe)
- Early Assamese: বিহা (biha)
- Sylheti: ꠛꠤꠀ (bia)
- Odia: ବିହା (bihā)
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਵਿਆਹ (viāha)
- Shahmukhi script: وِیاہ (vīyāh)
- Sindhi: (vihā̃u)
- Arabic script: وهانؤ (ohā̃'o)
- Devanagari script: विहांउ
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Old Marathi: विवाओ (vivāo), वेओ (veo), विव्हा (vivhā)
- Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: વિવાહ (vivāh)
- Rajasthani:
- Gojri: بیاہ (byāh)
- Marwari: ब्याव (byāv)
- Mewari: ब्याव (byāv)
- Romani: biav
References
- ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “विवाह”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 802.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vivāhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 691