Talk:बहू

Are the plural forms of these feminine nouns in -ū correct with a long ū preceding the vocalic endings? If so is an exception with short -u- in the plural? If so, are there any other feminine nouns in -ū with short -u- in the plural? Benwing2 (talk) 04:31, 10 August 2020 (UTC)


 * with a short "u" has SO many more Google hits than . --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 05:11, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * If you actually click through to the end, there are only 96 of the former and 77 of the latter, so I dunno. Benwing2 (talk) 05:24, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * OK, Many more than 96 Google Books hits for the former, only a handful for the latter. Not sure what's going on. Benwing2 (talk) 05:26, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, whatever the hits are, I'm quite sure the "correct" way is with short u. It's probably orthography issues with typing online combined with difficulty to actually distinguish long u and short u when they're followed by o. —AryamanA (मुझसे बात करें • योगदान) 06:41, 10 August 2020 (UTC)