# bahu

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #88,092

## Definitions
1. A daughter-in-law or sister-in-law, especially one who lives with her husband's family when married.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi बहू (bahū) / Urdu بَہُو (bahū), from Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bahu