बिधवा

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विधवा (vidhavā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bid̪uwä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: बिदुवा

Noun

बिधवा • (bidhawā)

1. widow

Declension

Declension of बिधवा
	Singular	Plural
nominative	बिधवा [bid̪ʌwä]	बिधवाहरू [bid̪ʌbä̤ːɾu]
accusative/dative	बिधवालाई [bid̪ʌwäläi]	बिधवाहरूलाई [bid̪ʌbä̤ːɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	बिधवाले [bid̪ʌwäle]	बिधवाहरूले [bid̪ʌbä̤ːɾule]
ablative	बिधवाबाट [bid̪ʌwäbäʈʌ]	बिधवाहरूबाट [bid̪ʌbä̤ːɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	बिधवाको [bid̪ʌwäko]	बिधवाहरूको [bid̪ʌbä̤ːɾuko]
locative	बिधवामा [bid̪ʌbämä]	बिधवाहरूमा [bid̪ʌbä̤ːɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931), “बिधुवा”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “बिधवा”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar