جٹھانی

Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀻 (jiṭṭhāṇī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ-जानि (jyeṣṭha-jāni).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪ.ʈʰɑː.niː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: جِ‧ٹھا‧نی

Noun

جِٹھانی • (jiṭhānīf (masculine جیٹھ (jeṭh), Hindi spelling जिठानी)

  1. husband's elder brother's wife

Declension

Declension of جٹھانی
singular plural
direct جِٹھانی (jiṭhānī) جِٹھانِیاں (jiṭhāniyā̃)
oblique جِٹھانی (jiṭhānī) جِٹھانِیوں (jiṭhāniyō̃)
vocative جِٹھانی (jiṭhānī) جِٹھانِیو (jiṭhāniyō)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jyēṣṭhajāni”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 291
  2. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “جٿهاني”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 615

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