دیورانی
Urdu
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Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀻 (devarāṇī), from Sanskrit देवरजानी (devarajānī).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪eːʋ.ɾɑː.niː/, [d̪eː.oː.ɾɑː.niː]
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: دیو‧را‧نی
Noun
دیوْرَانی • (devrānī) f (Hindi spelling देवरानी)
- wife of husband's younger brother (sister-in-law) – feminine of دیوَر (devar)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | دیوْرَانی (devrānī) | دیوْرَانِیاں (devrāniyā̃) |
| oblique | دیوْرَانی (devrānī) | دیوْرَانِیوں (devrāniyō̃) |
| vocative | دیوْرَانی (devrānī) | دیوْرَانِیو (devrāniyō) |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dēvarajāni”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 373
Further reading
More information
- “دیورانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “دیورانی”, 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
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ديوراني”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 560
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “دیورانی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “دیورانی”, 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