widow in Malay
janda
UK/ˈwɪd.əʊ//ˈwɪd.oʊ/
widow in Malay: janda, balu. In English, widow means a woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.
Malay words for widow
- woman whose spouse has died
- janda, balu
English meaning of widow
- noun A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.
- noun Any person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).
- noun A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a hobby, career, etc.
- noun An additional hand of playing cards dealt face-down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
widow in a sentence
- My aunt is a football widow in the fall and a basketball widow in the winter and early spring.
Synonyms of widow
widow in other languages
- widow in Hindi
- widow in Tamil
- widow in Marathi
- widow in Urdu
- widow in Bengali
- widow in Telugu
- widow in Malayalam
- widow in Kannada
- widow in Punjabi
- widow in Gujarati
- widow in Odia
- widow in Sanskrit
- widow in Assamese
- widow in Nepali
- widow in Pashto
- widow in Arabic
- widow in Indonesian
- widow in Thai
- widow in Vietnamese
- widow in Myanmar
Questions about widow in Malay
- What is the meaning of widow in Malay?
- Widow in Malay is janda, balu.
- Apakah maksud widow dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Widow: janda, balu.
- What does widow mean in English?
- Widow means a woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: widow (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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