Etymology

bahu

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Today it means: A daughter-in-law or sister-in-law, especially one who lives with her husband's family when married. Full definition →

Hindi बहू ← Urdu بَہُو ← Sanskrit वधू
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromवधू
  2. Urdu · borrowed fromبَہُو
  3. Hindi · borrowed fromबहू
  4. English todaybahu

Borrowed from Hindi बहू (bahū) / Urdu بَہُو (bahū), from Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.