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बुआ

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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बुआ (buāf (Urdu spelling بؤا)

  1. father's sister; paternal aunt

Declension

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Declension of बुआ (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct बुआ
buā
बुआएँ
buāẽ
oblique बुआ
buā
बुआओं
buāõ
vocative बुआ
buā
बुआओ
buāo

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References

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