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
वधू • (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 | वधूः (vadhū́ḥ) | वध्वौ (vadhvaù) वधू¹ (vadhū́¹) |
वध्वः (vadhvàḥ) वधूः¹ (vadhū́ḥ¹) |
| accusative | वधूम् (vadhū́m) | वध्वौ (vadhvaù) वधू¹ (vadhū́¹) |
वधूः (vadhū́ḥ) |
| instrumental | वध्वा (vadhvā́) | वधूभ्याम् (vadhū́bhyām) | वधूभिः (vadhū́bhiḥ) |
| dative | वध्वै (vadhvaí) | वधूभ्याम् (vadhū́bhyām) | वधूभ्यः (vadhū́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वध्वाः (vadhvā́ḥ) वध्वै² (vadhvaí²) |
वधूभ्याम् (vadhū́bhyām) | वधूभ्यः (vadhū́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वध्वाः (vadhvā́ḥ) वध्वै² (vadhvaí²) |
वध्वोः (vadhvóḥ) | वधूनाम् (vadhū́nām) |
| locative | वध्वाम् (vadhvā́m) | वध्वोः (vadhvóḥ) | वधूषु (vadhū́ṣu) |
| vocative | वधु (vádhu) | वध्वौ (vádhvau) वधू¹ (vádhū¹) |
वध्वः (vádhvaḥ) वधूः¹ (vádhūḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
- वधूमत् (vadhū́mat)
- वधूयु (vadhūyú)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वधू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 917/1.
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 497-8