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bahu, n. S. Asian.
Brit. |ˈbɑːhuː|, |ˈbɒhuː|, U.S. |ˈbɑˌhu|
[‹ Hindi bahū daughter-in-law, son's wife, wife ‹ Sanskrit vadhū, vadhukā.]
A daughter-in-law, esp. one who follows the tradition of living with her husband's family after marriage.
1959Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 13 Dec. 9/3 She also took a turn at an Indian spinning wheel and appeared pleased when one village woman declared the Amrikan rashtrapati's bahu seemed to have a good deal of promise on the charkha. 1971Illustr. Weekly India 11 Apr. 53/1 A dancing-girl..had acquired sufficient ‘respectibility’..to enter the home of the hero..as his Asli ‘bahu’. 1986Stardust (Bombay) Oct. 19/2 It's true that Namrata like all other bahus is having a slight problem with her in-laws (and I can understand why). 2004Times of India (Nexis) 23 Mar. Some Indian homes—despite the modern facade they display—are strongly rooted in tradition. And mothers-in-law could always be influenced by the subservient bahus shown in every second television serial. |