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Results for विधवा

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विधवाvidhavāA widow; सा नारी विधवा जाता गृहे रोदिति तत्पतिः Subhāṣ.

    [विगतो धवो यस्याः सा]

    A widow; सा नारी विधवा जाता गृहे रोदिति तत्पतिः Subhāṣ.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -आवेदनम् marrying a widow.

    • -गामिन् Masculine one who has sexual intercourse with a widow.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. विधवाvidhavāf. (accord. to some fr. वि + धव see 2. धव्/अ, p.513) a husbandless woman, widow (also with नारी, योषित्…
    1. feminine (according to to some from वि plus धव see 2. धव्/अ, page and participle513) a husbandless woman, widow (also with नारी, योषित्, स्त्री etc.) fg-veda etc.
    2. feminine bereft of a king (a country) R. [confer, compare Greek ἠίθεος; Latin vidua; Gothic widuwo7; German wituwa, witewe, Witwe; Anglo-Saxon wuduwe, widewe; English widow .]

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. विधवाvidhavā[vidh-ávâ] f. [bereaved: √2. vidh] ± strî, nârî, etc., widow; bereft of its sove reign (country): -gâmin, a.…

    [vidh-ávâ] feminine; also equal for [bereaved: √2. vidh] ± strî, nârî, etc., widow; bereft of its sove reign (country): -gâmin, adjective having sexual in tercourse with a widow; -vedana, neuter re marriage of a widow; -strî, feminine; also equal for widow.

Analysis (Beta) · विधवा

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