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विवाह
विवाह
Hindi
Noun
विवाह • (vivāh) m (Urdu spelling وواہ)
- marriage, wedding
- इस विवाह ने दोनों परिवारों को जोड़ दिया है।
- This marriage has united the two families.
- आँधी की वजह से, मेरा विवाह स्थगित हो गया।
- Because of the storm, my wedding was postponed.
Declension
| Declension of विवाह | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | विवाह (vivāh) | विवाह (vivāh) |
| oblique | विवाह (vivāh) | विवाहों (vivāhõ) |
| vocative | विवाह (vivāh) | विवाहो (vivāho) |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- विवाह करना (vivāh karnā, “to marry”)
- अनुलोम-विवाह (anulōm-vivāh, “marriage of a man of higher caste with a woman of lower caste”)
- प्रतिलोम-विवाह (pratilōm-vivāh, “marriage of a man of lower caste with a woman of higher caste”)
- बहुविवाह (bahu-vivāh, “polygamy”)
- बाल-विवाह (bāl-vivāh, “child marriage”)
- प्रीति-विवाह (prīti-vivāh, “love marriage”)
- विधवा-विवाह (vidhvā-vivāh, “widow remarriage”)
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “विवाह”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
- विवाह in Chaturvedi, Mahendra and Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), A practical Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: National Publishing House)
Sanskrit
Noun
विवाह • (vi-vāhá) m
- leading away (of the bride from her father's house), taking a wife, marriage with (+instrumental with or without सह (saha))
- a particular kind of wind
- vehicle (and "marriage")
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of विवाह | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | विवाहः (vivāhaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | विवाहस्य (vivāhasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | विवाहः (vivāhaḥ) | विवाहौ (vivāhau) | विवाहाः (vivāhāḥ) |
| Vocative | विवाह (vivāha) | विवाहौ (vivāhau) | विवाहाः (vivāhāḥ) |
| Accusative | विवाहम् (vivāham) | विवाहौ (vivāhau) | विवाहान् (vivāhān) |
| Instrumental | विवाहेन (vivāhena) | विवाहाभ्याम् (vivāhābhyām) | विवाहैः (vivāhaiḥ) |
| Dative | विवाहाय (vivāhāya) | विवाहाभ्याम् (vivāhābhyām) | विवाहेभ्यः (vivāhebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | विवाहात् (vivāhāt) | विवाहाभ्याम् (vivāhābhyām) | विवाहेभ्यः (vivāhebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | विवाहस्य (vivāhasya) | विवाहयोः (vivāhayoḥ) | विवाहानाम् (vivāhānām) |
| Locative | विवाहे (vivāhe) | विवाहयोः (vivāhayoḥ) | विवाहेषु (vivāheṣu) |
Related terms
Related terms
Noun
विवाह • (vi-vāhá) n
- a particularly high number
Declension
| Neuter a-stem declension of विवाह | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | विवाहम् (vivāham) | ||
| Gen. sg. | विवाहस्य (vivāhasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | विवाहम् (vivāham) | विवाहे (vivāhe) | विवाहानि (vivāhāni) |
| Vocative | विवाह (vivāha) | विवाहे (vivāhe) | विवाहानि (vivāhāni) |
| Accusative | विवाहम् (vivāham) | विवाहे (vivāhe) | विवाहानि (vivāhāni) |
| Instrumental | विवाहेन (vivāhena) | विवाहाभ्याम् (vivāhābhyām) | विवाहैः (vivāhaiḥ) |
| Dative | विवाहा (vivāhā) | विवाहाभ्याम् (vivāhābhyām) | विवाहेभ्यः (vivāhebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | विवाहात् (vivāhāt) | विवाहाभ्याम् (vivāhābhyām) | विवाहेभ्यः (vivāhebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | विवाहस्य (vivāhasya) | विवाहयोः (vivāhayoḥ) | विवाहानाम् (vivāhānām) |
| Locative | विवाहे (vivāhe) | विवाहयोः (vivāhayoḥ) | विवाहेषु (vivāheṣu) |
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0987