बेवा بیوہ ♣ Eng. widow, divide

बेवा بیوہ ♣ Eng. widow, divide

[bēvā̌], f. a widow.

[←New Pers. bēwa ‘widow’ ◄Middle Pers. wēwag ‘widow’] ♣[Young Avestan viδaua nom.sg.f. ‘widow’] ♣[OIA vidhávā- f. ʻwidowʼ RV.]

▲[PIE *u̯eidh-, u̯idh- ‘to separate; widow’] (LRC)▼

[PIE► ⋯⋯ ►Eng. widow] ♣[PIE► ⋯⋯ →Eng. divide]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0212; (Turner, 1966) 11752; (MW, 1899) 0967; (Pokorny, 1959) 1127; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.556; (MacKenzie, 1971) 090; (Horn, 1893) 0263