बुआ

बुआ

Hindi

Alternative forms

• बूआ (būā)[1][2]

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bʊ.ɑː/, [bʊ.äː]

Noun

बुआ • (buā) f (Urdu spelling بؤا‎)

1. father's sister; paternal aunt

Declension

Declension of बुआ (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बुआ buā	बुआएँ buāẽ
oblique	बुआ buā	बुआओं buāõ
vocative	बुआ buā	बुआओ buāo

Synonyms

• फूफी (phūphī)

Antonyms

• फूफा (phūphā)

References

1. McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बूआ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
2. Platts, John T. (1884), “बूआ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

3. “बुआ”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
4. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “buba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 526
5. Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “बुआ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
6. Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “बुआ”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
7. Bahri, Hardev (1989), “बुआ”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.