دیور
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit देवर (devara); see there for more.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /d̪eː.ʋəɾ/, [d̪eː.ʋɐɾᵊ]
- Rhymes: -əɾ
Noun
دیوَر • (deyoar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਦੇਵਰ)
- husband's younger brother, brother-in-law
- Synonym: جیٹھ (jeṭh)
References
- “دیور”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Urdu
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Etymology
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Inherited from Middle Hindi دیور (dyvr) (c. 1647),[1] from Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀭 (devara),[2] from Sanskrit देवर (devará),[3] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daHiwará-, from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr, with retention of -v- influenced by the Sanskrit term. Far cognate with Russian де́верь (déverʹ) and Lithuanian dieveris.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪eː.ʋəɾ/
- Rhymes: -əɾ
- Hyphenation: دے‧وَر
Noun
دیوَر • (devar) m (feminine دیوْرَانی (devrānī), Hindi spelling देवर)
- husband's younger brother (brother-in-law)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | دیوَر (devar) | دیوَر (devar) |
| oblique | دیوَر (devar) | دیوَروں (devarõ) |
| vocative | دیوَر (devar) | دیوَرو (devaro) |
References
- ^ “دیور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dēvŕ̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 374
- ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “ديور”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 560
Further reading
More information
- “دیور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ديور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 325
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “دیور”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “دیور”, 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