وہوٹی

Punjabi

Etymology

From Sanskrit वधूटी (vadhūṭī, “young wife or woman”). Cognate to regional Hindi बहुरिया (bahuriyā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋɔ.ʈiː/

Noun

وہوٹی • (vahuṭī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਹੁਟੀ)

wife
Synonym: ਪਤਨੀ (patnī)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vadhūṭī (11251)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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