बधू

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bʌd̪u]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: बदु

Noun

बधू • (badhū) f (masculine बर or वर)

  1. bride
    Synonyms: दुलही (dulahī), बेहुली (behulī), कन्या (kanyā)
  2. wife
    Synonyms: श्रीमती (śrīmatī), बुढी (buḍhī), आइमाई (āimāī), स्वास्नी (svāsnī)

References
  • “बधू”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “बधू”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
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