جٹھانی
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Alternative forms
- جیٹھانی (jeṭhānī)
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 • (jiṭhānī) f (masculine جیٹھ (jeṭh), Hindi spelling जिठानी)
- husband's elder brother's wife
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | جِٹھانی (jiṭhānī) | جِٹھانِیاں (jiṭhāniyā̃) |
| oblique | جِٹھانی (jiṭhānī) | جِٹھانِیوں (jiṭhāniyō̃) |
| vocative | جِٹھانی (jiṭhānī) | جِٹھانِیو (jiṭhāniyō) |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jyēṣṭhajāni”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 291
- ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “جٿهاني”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 615
Further reading
More information
- “جٹھانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “جٹھانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جٹهانی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 226
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “جتَهاني”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 470
- John Shakespear (1834) “جٹھانی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC