विधवा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit विधवा (vidhávā), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɪd̪ʱ.ʋɑː/
Noun
विधवा • (vidhvā) f
- widow (woman who has lost a husband)
Declension
Declension of विधवा | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Direct | विधवा (vidhvā) | विधवाएँ (vidhvāẽ) |
Oblique | विधवा (vidhvā) | विधवाओं (vidhvāon) |
Vocative | विधवा (vidhvā) | विधवाओ (vidhvāo) |
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HwidʰáwaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwidʰáwaH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. Cognate with Latin vidua, Ancient Greek ἠΐθεος (ēḯtheos), Russian вдова (vdova), Old English widewe (whence English widow).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋi.d̪ʱɐ́.ʋɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈʋi.d̪ʱɐ.ʋɑː/
Noun
विधवा • (vidhávā) f
- widow; husbandless woman
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
- a country bereft of a king
Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of विधवा (vidhávā) | |||
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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 vidhávāyāḥ | विधवाभ्याम् vidhávābhyām | विधवाभ्यः vidhávābhyaḥ |
Genitive | विधवायाः vidhávāyāḥ | विधवयोः vidhávayoḥ | विधवानाम् vidhávānām |
Locative | विधवायाम् vidhávāyām | विधवयोः vidhávayoḥ | विधवासु vidhávāsu |
Notes |
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Descendants
- Pali: vidhavā
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀯𑀸 (vihavā)
- → Hindi: विधवा (vidhvā)
- → Kannada: ವಿಧವೆ (vidhave)
- → Telugu: విధవ (vidhava)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “विधवा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0967.