بیوی

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• بِیْبِی (bībī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بِی‌بِی (bī-bī, “lady”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /biː.ʋiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: بی‧وی

Noun

بِیْوِی • (bīvī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੀਵੀ)

1. wife; spouse

   Synonyms: زَنانی (zanānī), بیگَم (begam)

2. a woman
3. housewife

Declension

Declension of بیوی

	singular	plural
direct	بِیْوی (bīvī)	بِیْوِیاں (bīvīyāṉ)
oblique	بِیْوی (bīvī)	بِیْوِیاں (bīvīyāṉ)
vocative	بِیْوئِیے (bīv'iye)	بِیْوِیو (bīvīv)
ablative	بِیْوِیوں (bīvīvṉ)	—
locative	بِیْوے (bīve)	بِیْوِیں (bīvīṉ)
instrumental	—	—

References

• “بیوی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “بیوی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]

Urdu

Alternative forms

• بِی بِی (bī bī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بِی‌بِی (bī-bī, “lady”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /biː.ʋiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

بِیوِی • (bīvī) f (Hindi spelling बीवी)

1. wife

   Synonyms: بیگَم (begam), پَتْنی (patnī)

Declension

Declension of بیوی

	singular	plural
direct	بِیوی (bīvī)	بِیوِیاں (bīviyā̃)
oblique	بِیوی (bīvī)	بِیوِیوں (bīviyō̃)
vocative	بِیوی (bīvī)	بِیوِیو (bīviyō)

References

• “بیوی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بیوی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.