bahun.
/ˈbɑːhuː/, /ˈbɒhuː/, U.S. /ˈbɑˌhu/ South Asian.
A daughter-in-law, esp. one who follows the tradition of living with her husband's family after marriage.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > daughter > [noun] > daughter-in-law
daughter-in-lawa1382
good-daughter1494
daughter-law1521
law-daughter1582
bahu1959
makoti1963
1959 Oakland (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.
1971 Illustr. Weekly India 11 Apr. 53/1 A dancing-girl..had acquired sufficient ‘respectibility’..to enter the home of the hero..as his Asli ‘bahu’.
1986 Stardust (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).
2004 Times 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.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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