विधवा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विधवा (vidhávā).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋɪd̪ʱ.ʋɑː/, [ʋɪd̪ʱ.ʋäː]

Noun

विधवा • (vidhvā) f (Urdu spelling ودھوا)

  1. widow (a woman whose spouse has died)

Declension
Declension of विधवा (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct विधवा
vidhvā		 विधवाएँ
vidhvāẽ
oblique विधवा
vidhvā		 विधवाओं
vidhvāõ
vocative विधवा
vidhvā		 विधवाओ
vidhvāo

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • ৱিধৱা (Assamese script)
  • ᬯᬶᬥᬯᬵ (Balinese script)
  • বিধবা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰪𑰰𑰠𑰪𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀯𑀺𑀥𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • ဝိဓဝါ (Burmese script)
  • વિધવા (Gujarati script)
  • ਵਿਧਵਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌵𑌿𑌧𑌵𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦮꦶꦣꦮꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂫𑂱𑂡𑂫𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • ವಿಧವಾ (Kannada script)
  • វិធវា (Khmer script)
  • ວິຘວາ (Lao script)
  • വിധവാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠸᡳᢡᠠᠸᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘪𑘱𑘠𑘪𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᠸᠢᢑᠾᠠᠸᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧊𑧒𑧀𑧊𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐰𑐶𑐢𑐰𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ଵିଧଵା (Odia script)
  • ꢮꢶꢤꢮꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆮𑆴𑆣𑆮𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖪𑖰𑖠𑖪𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • විධවා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩾𑩑𑩮𑩾𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚦𑚮𑚜𑚦𑚭 (Takri script)
  • வித⁴வா (Tamil script)
  • విధవా (Telugu script)
  • วิธวา (Thai script)
  • ཝི་དྷ་ཝཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒫𑒱𑒡𑒫𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨭𑨁𑨜𑨭𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwidʰáwaH (“widow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (“widow”). Cognate with Latin vidua, Ancient Greek ἠΐθεος (ēḯtheos), Russian вдова (vdova), Old English widuwe (whence English widow).

Pronunciation

Noun

विधवा • (vidhávā) stem, f

  1. widow; husbandless woman
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.40.8:
      युवं ह कृशं युवमश्विना शयुं युवं विधन्तं विधवाम्उरुष्यथः।
      yuvám ha kṛśám yuvámaśvinā śayúm yuvám vidhántam vidhávāmuruṣyathaḥ
      Krsa and Śayu ye protect, ye Aśvins Twain: ye Two assist the widow and the worshipper.
  2. a country bereft of a king

Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of विधवा (vidhávā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative विधवा
vidhávā		 विधवे
vidháve		 विधवाः
vidhávāḥ
Vocative विधवे
vídhave		 विधवे
vídhave		 विधवाः
vídhavāḥ
Accusative विधवाम्
vidhávām		 विधवे
vidháve		 विधवाः
vidhávāḥ
Instrumental विधवया / विधवा¹
vidhávayā / vidhávā¹		 विधवाभ्याम्
vidhávābhyām		 विधवाभिः
vidhávābhiḥ
Dative विधवायै
vidhávāyai		 विधवाभ्याम्
vidhávābhyām		 विधवाभ्यः
vidhávābhyaḥ
Ablative विधवायाः / विधवायै²
vidhávāyāḥ / vidhávāyai²		 विधवाभ्याम्
vidhávābhyām		 विधवाभ्यः
vidhávābhyaḥ
Genitive विधवायाः / विधवायै²
vidhávāyāḥ / vidhávāyai²		 विधवयोः
vidhávayoḥ		 विधवानाम्
vidhávānām
Locative विधवायाम्
vidhávāyām		 विधवयोः
vidhávayoḥ		 विधवासु
vidhávāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

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References
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