What biwi means
biwi is written بیوی in the Urdu script (with diacritics: بِیوی) and means wife in English. It is taught in the Family lessons under Core Family.
Forms of biwi
biwi is feminine and ends in -i: the plural adds -yaan (biwiyaan) and the oblique plural -yon (biwiyon). The singular does not change before a postposition.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Direct | بیوی biwi | بیویاں biwiyaan |
| Oblique (before a postposition) | بیوی biwi | بیویوں biwiyon |
Gender is taken from the course word list. The postposition rule is explained on the postpositions page, and how gender works on the noun gender page.
biwi in example sentences
وہ اس کی بیوی ہو گی۔
That woman must be his wife. Tatoeba #2116734
میں اپنی بیوی کو چاہتی ہوں۔
I love my wife. Tatoeba #12449579
وہ میری بیوی کی دوست ہے۔
She's my wife's friend. Tatoeba #12449584
3 of 11 Tatoeba sentences that use biwi in this sense. Example sentences from Tatoeba, licensed CC BY 2.0 FR. Contributors are named on each sentence page.
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