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शब्दसागरः

English

 वधू f.
  (-धूः)
	 1. Woman in general,  a female.
	 2. A wife.
	 3. A young
wife,  one recently married,  a bride.
	 4. A son's wife.
	 5. A sort of
bulbous root,  (Curcuma reclinata.)
	 6. A gramineous plant, 
(Trigonella corniculata:) see पृक्का 7. A plant,  (Echites frute-
scens.)
 E.
  वह् to bear,  उ aff.
  ,  and ह changed to ध
 also derived
from बध् to bind,  in which case it is written बधू ।

Capeller Eng

English

 वधू॑ f.
  bride or newly married woman,  wife or woman i.g.
  , 
also female of any animal
 daughter-in-law,  i.g.
   the wife of a younger
relation. 

Yates

English

 वधू (धूः) 3.
f.
  Woman
 a wife
 a
son's wife
 a gramineous plant.

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Wilson

English

 वधू
f.
  (-धूः)
1 Woman in general,  a female.
2 A wife.
3 A young wife,  one recently married,  a bride.
4 A son's wife.
5 A sort of bulbous root,  (Curcuma reclinata.)
6 A gramineous plant,  (Trigonella corniculata:) see पृक्का.
7 A plant,  (Echites frutescens.)
E.
  वह to bear,  उ aff.
  ,  and ह changed to ध
 also derived
from षध to bind,  in which case it is written वधू.

Apte

English

वधू [vadhū]  धु [dhu]  टी [ṭī],  (धु) टी 1 A young woman or female
 रथं वधूटी- मारोप्य पापः क्वाप्येष गच्छति Mv.*
  5.17
 गोपवधूटीदुकूलचौराय (कृष्णाय) Bhāṣā P.*
  1.

A daughter-in-law. Comp.
   -शयनम् a lattice,  window.

वधूः [vadhūḥ],  f.
  [उह्यते पितृगेहात् पतिगृहं वह्-ऊधुक् च
 cf.
   Uṇ.*
  1.83]

A bride
 वरः स वध्वा सह राजमार्गं प्राप ध्वजच्छायनिवारितो- ष्णम् R.*
  7.4, 19
 समानयंस्तुल्यगुणं वधूवरं चिरस्य वाच्यं न गतः प्रजापतिः Ś.*
  5.15
 Ku.*
  6.82.

A wife,  spouse
 इथ नमति वः सर्वांस्त्रिलोचनवधूरिति Ku.*
  6.89
 R.*
  1.9.

A daughter-in-law
 एषा च रघुकुलमहत्तराणां वधूः U.*
  4
4. 16
 तेषां वधूस्त्वमसि नन्दिनि पार्थिवानाम् 1.9.

A female,  maiden,  woman in general
 हरिरिह मुग्धवधूनिकरे विलासिनि विलसति केलिपरे Gīt.*
  1
 स्वयशांसि विक्रमवतामवतां न वधूष्वघानि विमृशन्ति धियः Ki.*
  6.45
 N.*
  22.47
 Me.*
  16, 49, 67.

The wife of a younger relation,  a younger female relation. 

The female of any animal
 मृगवधूः a doe
 व्याघ्रवधूः,  गजवधूः &c.
  Comp.
   -कालः The time during which a woman is held to be a bride. -गृहप्रवेशः,  -प्रवेशः the ceremony of a bride's entrance into her husband's house. -जनः a wife
 female,  woman.  -पक्षः the party of the bride (at a wedding). -वरम् a newly married couple. -वस्त्रम् bridal apparel,  nuptial attire.-वासस् n.
  a bride's undergarment.

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 वधू॑ f.
  (fr.  √ वध् =
  वह्
 cf.
   ऊढा) a bride or newly-married woman,  young wife,  spouse,  any wife or woman,  RV.
   &c.
   &c.
  

 a daughter-in-law,  HPariś.
 

 any younger female relation,  MBh.
  
 R.
  &c.
  

 the female of any animal,  (esp.  ) a cow or mare,  RV.
   v,  47,  6

 viii,  19,  36 (cf.   वधू॑-मत्)

 N.
  of various plants (Trigonella Corniculata
 Echites Frutescens
 Curcuma Zerumbet),  L.
 

Monier Williams 1872

English

 वधू वधू,  ऊस्,  f. (fr. वध् = rt. 1. वह्
 or, 
according to others,  fr. rt. बन्ध्,  and then more
properly written बधू),  a bride or newly mar-
ried woman (as ‘recently brought or led home’),  a
young wife,  spouse
 a woman in general,  female, 
girl,  maiden,  (in Ṛg-veda VIII. 19,  36. perhaps ‘a
handmaid’ or ‘female slave’ or,  according to some, 
‘a mare or animal used for draught
’ cf. वधू-
मत्)
 the female of any animal (e. g. मृग-
वधू,  the female of a deer,  cf. व्याघ्र-व्°)
 a
daughter-in-law
 the wife of a younger relation, 
younger brother's wife,  nephew's wife,  younger
female relation
 N. of various plants,  Trigonella
Corniculata
 Echites Frutescens
 Curuma Zerumbet
[cf. Hib. badhbh,  ‘an evil-minded woman,  witch.’]
—वधू-काल,  अस्,  m. the time during which a
woman is held to be a bride.
—वधू-गृह-प्र-
वेश or वधू-प्रवेश,  अस्,  m. the ceremony of the
entrance of a bride into the house of her husband.
—वधू-जन,  अस्,  m. a woman,  female,  wife.
—वधू-दर्श,  अस्,  आ,  अम्,  Ved. looking at a
bride.
—वधू-पक्ष,  अस्,  m. the party or side of
the bride (at a wedding).
—वधू-पथ,  अस्,  m., 
Ved. the path or way of a bride.
—वधू-मत्, 
आन्,  अती,  अत्,  Ved. having or possessing a wife,  ac-
companied by a wife,  having women
 furnished or
harnessed with yoke animals or with female animals
suitable for draught
 fit for harness,  suitable for the
yoke.
—वधू-वस्त्र,  अम्,  n. bridal apparel.
—व-
धू-सरा,  f.,  N. of a river (fabled to have sprung
from the weeping eyes of Pulomā,  wife of Bhṛgu).

Macdonell

English

 वधू vadh-ū́,  f.
  [√ vadh = √ vah: (to be) 🞄taken home],  bride,  young married woman,  🞄wife
 woman
 female of an animal
 daughter-in-law,  🞄wife of a younger relative.

Benfey

English

 वधू वधू,  also बधू बधू (vb. वह्, 
q. cf. ),  f.
 
 1. A woman,  Kirāt. 6,  45.
 2.
A wife,  Hit. i. d. 192,  M.M.
 Rām.  3,  51, 
14
 55,  29.
 3. A wife recently married.
 4. A son's wife,  Sāv. 6,  9.
 5. A
female relation,  Sund. 4,  16.
 6. The
name of several plants.
 -- Comp.
 
कुल-, 
f.
  a virtuous or respectable wife,  Hit.
i. d. 135,  M.M.
नव-,  f.
  a woman
recently married,  Ṛt. 6,  19.
नाग-,  f.
 
the female of an elephant,  Rām.  2,  65, 
24.
प्रेष्य-,  f.
  a female servant, 
Draup. 6,  9.
वार-,  f.
  the head of a
set of harlots.
स्वर्-,  स्वर्ग-,  and
स्वर्गि(न्)-,  f.
  an Apearas.

Hindi

(स्त्री) दुल्हन

Apte Hindi

Hindi

वधूः
स्त्री*
  - उह्यते पितृगेहात् पतिगृहं वह् + ऊधुक़्
दुलहिन

वधूः
स्त्री*
  - -
"पत्नी,  भार्या"

वधूः
स्त्री*
  - -
पुत्रवधू्

वधूः
स्त्री*
  - -
"महिला,  तरुणी,  स्त्री"

वधूः
स्त्री*
  - -
"अपने से छोटे रिश्तेदार की पत्नी,  नाते में छोटी स्त्री"

वधूः
स्त्री*
  - -
किसी भी पशु की मादा

L R Vaidya

English

 vaDU {% f. %} 1. the female of any animal,  e.g. व्याघ्रवधू,  मृगवधू
a bride,  वरः स वध्या सह राजमार्गे प्राप ध्वजच्छायनिवारितोष्णम् R.viii.4,  19
a woman in general,  स्वयशांसि विक्रमवतामवतांं न वधूष्वघानि विमृषंति धियः Kir.vi.45,  Megh.i.16,  47
a wife,  वधूर्भक्तिमती चैनामर्चितामातपोवनात् R.i.90
a daughter-in-law,  तेषां वधूस्त्वमसि नंदिनि पार्थिवानां येषां कुलेषु सविता च गुरुर्वयं च Ut.i.
the wife of a younger relation.

Bopp

Latin

 वधू f. (scribitur etiam बधू,  fortasse a r. बन्ध्)
1) femi-
na,  etiam animalium femina. DR. 1. 17.
2) nurus. SA. 4.
28. 6. 9.
3) femina affinis,  fratria. SU. 4. 15. (Hib. badhbh
«an ill-inclined woman
 a witch,  a fary woman».)

Anekartha-Dvani-Manjari

Sanskrit

वधू
स्त्री
वधू,  नारी,  भार्या,  पुत्रवधू
वधूर्नारी वधूर्भार्या वधूः पुत्रवधूरपि ।
verse 2.1.1.22
page 0009

Indian Epigraphical Glossary

English

 vadhū,  one's own wife
 one's son's wife. (putra-vadhū)

Lanman

English

 vadhū́,  f.
	—1. bride
	—2. woman. [prop.
‘the one fetched home’ by the bridegroom, 
 √vah,  q. v.]

Sanskrit Tibetan

Tibetan

khor
अनुजीविन् २) अनुवार ३) अन्तःपुर ४) जनता ५) परिवार ६) परिषद् ७) पर्षद् ८) पर्षद्य ९) पारिषद्य १०) पार्षद्य ११) भृत्य १२) भ्रमति १३) मण्डल १४) राष्ट्र १५) वधू १६) संसार १७) १८)

अभिधानचिन्तामणिः

Sanskrit

--source--
 
कुल्यः कुलीनोऽभिजातः कौलेयकमहाकुलौ ॥ ५०२ ॥
जात्यो गोत्रं तु संतानोऽन्ववायोऽभिजनः कुलम् ।
अन्वयो जननं वंशः स्त्री नारी वनिता वधूः ॥ ५०३ ॥
वशा सीमन्तिनी वामा वर्णिनी महिलाबला ।
योषा योषिद्विशेषास्तु कान्ता भीरुर्नितम्बिनी ॥ ५०४ ॥
प्रमदा सुन्दरी रामा रमणी ललनाङ्गना ।
-wordlist-
 
कुल्य (पुं),  कुलीन (पुं),  अभिजात (पुं),  कौलेयक (पुं),  महाकुल (पुं),  जात्य (पुं),  गोत्र (क्ली),  सन्तान (पुं),  अन्ववाय (पुं),  अभिजन (पुं),  कुल (क्ली),  अन्वय (पुं),  जनन (क्ली),  वंश (पुं),  स्त्री (स्त्री),  नारी (स्त्री),  वनिता (स्त्री),  वधू (स्त्री),  वशा (स्त्री),  सीमन्तिनी (स्त्री),  वामा (स्त्री),  वर्णिनी (स्त्री),  महिला (स्त्री),  अबला (स्त्री),  योषा (स्त्री),  योषित् (स्त्री),  स्त्रीविशेष (पुं),  कान्ता (स्त्री),  भीरु (स्त्री),  नितम्बिनी (स्त्री),  प्रमदा (स्त्री),  सुन्दरी (स्त्री),  रामा (स्त्री),  रमणी (स्त्री),  ललना (स्त्री),  अङ्गना (स्त्री)

--source--
 
सुवासिनी वधूटी स्याच्चिरिण्ट्यथ सधर्मिणी ।
पत्नी सहचरी पाणिगृहीती गृहिणी गृहाः ॥ ५१२ ॥
दारा क्षेत्रं वधूर्भार्या जनी जाया परिग्रहः ।
द्वितीयोढा कलत्रं च पुरंध्री तु कुटुम्बिनी ॥ ५१३ ॥
-wordlist-
 
सुवासिनी (स्त्री),  वधूटी (स्त्री),  चिरण्टी (स्त्री),  सधर्मिणी (स्त्री),  पत्नी (स्त्री),  सहचरी (स्त्री),  पाणिगृहीती (स्त्री),  गृहिणी (स्त्री),  गृहाः (पुंब),  गृह (क्ली),  दाराः (पुंब),  क्षेत्र (क्ली),  वधू (स्त्री),  भार्या (स्त्री),  जनी (स्त्री),  जाया (स्त्री),  परिग्रह (पुं),  द्वितीया (स्त्री),  ऊढा (स्त्री),  कलत्र (क्ली),  पुरन्ध्री (स्त्री),  कुटुम्बिनी (स्त्री)

--source--
 
प्रजावती भ्रातुर्जाया सूनोः स्नुषा जनी वधूः ।
-wordlist-
 
प्रजावती (स्त्री),  भ्रातृजाया (स्त्री),  सूनुजाया (स्त्री),  स्नुषा (स्त्री),  जनी (स्त्री),  वधू (स्त्री)

अभिधानरत्नमाला

Sanskrit

रामा
रामा,  वामा,  वामनेत्रा,  पुरन्ध्री,  नारी,  भीरु,  भामिनी,  कामिनी,  योषा,  योषित्,  वासिता,  वर्णिनी,  स्त्री,  सीमन्तिनी,  अङ्गना,  सुन्दरी,  अबला,  महिला,  ललना,  प्रमदा,  रमणी,  नितम्बिनी,  वनिता,  दयिता,  प्रतीपदर्शिनी,  कान्ता,  वधू,  वशा,  युवति
रामा वामा वामनेत्रा पुरन्ध्री, 
नारी भीरुर्भामिनी कामिनी च ।
योषा योषिद्वासिता वर्णिनी स्त्री, 
स्यात्सीमन्तिन्यङ्गना सुन्दरी च ॥ ४८१ ॥
अबला महिला ललना प्रमदा रमणी नितम्बिनी वनिता ।
दयिता प्रतीपदर्शिन्युक्ता कान्ता वधूर्वशा युवतिः ॥ ४८२ ॥
verse 2.1.1.481
page 0055

दाराः
दाराः,  क्षेत्र,  कलत्र,  भार्या,  सहचरी,  वधू,  सधर्मचारिणी,  पत्नी,  जाया,  गृहिणी,  गृहा
दाराः क्षेत्रं कलत्रं च भार्या सहचरी वधूः ।
सधर्मचारिणी पत्नी जाया च गृहिणी गृहाः ॥ ४९४ ॥
verse 2.1.1.494
page 0057

स्नुषा
स्नुषा,  जनी,  पुत्रवधू,  वधू
स्नुषा जनी पुत्रवधूर्वधूः स्यात्, 
verse 2.1.1.504
page 0058

Vedic Reference

English

 1. Vadhū is a frequent word for ‘woman’ in the Rigveda^1
and later.^2 It denotes,  according to Delbrück, ^3 the woman as
either married or as seeking a husband,  or as a bride in the
wedding ceremony. The word appears to be derived from a
form of the root vah,  ‘to carry, ’ as is vahatu,  ‘the bridal pro-
cession, ’ thus meaning ‘she who is to be or has been conducted
home.’ Zimmer, ^4 however,  objects to this explanation, 
regarding vadhū as a derivative from a different root meaning
‘to marry.’
1) v. 37,  3
 47,  6
 vii. 69,  3
 viii. 26, 
13
 x. 27,  12
 85,  30
 107,  9.
2) Av. i. 14,  2
 iv. 20,  3
 x. 1,  1
xiv. 2,  9,  41,  etc.
3) Die indogermanischen Verwandtschafts-
namen,  414,  439.
4) Altindsiches Leben,  108.

 2. Vadhū is in one passage of the Rigveda^1 taken by Roth^2
to denote a ‘female animal, ’ while Zimmer^3 urges that it
means a ‘female slave.’ As far as the use of Vadhū goes, 
either meaning is abnormal,  for if Vadhū never elsewhere
means a female animal (from vah,  to ‘draw’ a cart),  neither does
it denote a slave: as the passage refers to a gift of fifty Vadhūs
by Trasadasyu Paurukutsya to the singer,  the latter must
have been a polygamist of an advanced type to require fifty
wives. The same doubt arises in the case of vadhūmant,  which
is used in the Rigveda and Atharvaveda as an epithet of the
chariot (Ratha), ^4 of horses (Aśva), ^5 and of buffaloes (Uṣṭra).^6
Zimmer sees in all cases a reference to slaves in the chariots or
with the horses: this interpretation has the support of the
Bṛhaddevatā.^7 Roth's version of the references to horses or
buffaloes as ‘suitable for draught’ is not very happy
 if vadhū
is really a female animal vadhūmant means rather ‘together with
mares, ’ or ‘together with female buffaloes, ’ which makes reason-
able sense.^8
1) viii. 19,  36. Cf. also v. 47,  6,  as
taken by Pischel,  Vedische Studien,  2, 
319.
2) St. Petersburg Dictionary,  s.v. 3.
3) Altindisches Leben,  108,  109.
4) i. 126,  3
 vii. 18,  22.
5) viii. 68,  17. Cf. vi. 27,  8.
6) Av. xx. 127,  2.
7) iii. 147 et seq.,  with Macdonell's
notes.
8) Cf. Bloomfield,  Hymns of the Athar-
vaveda,  197
 Pischel,  Zeitschrift der
Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 
35,  712 et seq.
 Böhtlingk,  Dictionary, 
s.v.

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 ब(व)धू स्त्री बध्नाति ममतया बन्ध--ड गलोपः,  उद्यते वह-क घश्चान्टाऌएशे वा । १ नार्य्व्याम्,  २ पृक्कायाञ्च अमरः३ स्नुषायां,  ४ नबोढिआयाम्,  भार्य्यायां ५ शारिवोषधौ६ शआम्,  च मेदि० ।

 वधू स्त्री उह्यते पितृगेहात् पतिगृहं वह--ऊ धुकच् ।१ भार्य्यायाम् २ नवोढायां ३ पुत्रजायायाम् अमरः ।४ शठ्याञ्च मेदि० । अस्य ओष्ट्यादित्वमित्यन्ये

Grassman

German

 vadhū́,  f.,  1〉 Braut,  junge Frau [von vah]
 2〉 Zugthier,  Gespann [von vah]. — Adj.: ádhivastra,  bhadrá,  supéśas,  sumaṅgalī́,  suvā́sas.
-ū́s [N. s.] 1〉 {391, 3}
 {646, 13}
 {853, 12}
 {911, 33}.
-úam 1〉 {933, 9}.
-úā 1〉 vām ráthas 〰 yā́damānas {585, 3}.
-úas [G.] 1〉 kā́mam {428, 5}
 vā́sasā {911, 30}
 vahatúm {911, 31}.
-úas [A. p.] 1〉 vṛ́ṣaṇas ‥ 〰 yanti ácha {401, 6}.
-ū́naam 2〉 pañcaśátam {639, 36}.

Stchoupak

French

 वधू-
 (qqf.  -उ-) f.
  fiancée,  jeune mariée,  épouse d'un jeune
parent,  jeune femme,  bru 
 femelle d'un animal.
°जन- m.
  femme,  épouse 
 les femmes (collect.).
°यान- °संयान- nt. voiture de femme.
°सरा- f.
  n.
  d'une rivière.

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