जिठानी
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪ.ʈʰɑː.niː/, [d͡ʒɪ.ʈʰäː.niː]
Noun
जिठानी • (jiṭhānī) f (Urdu spelling جِٹھانی)
- alternative form of जेठानी (jeṭhānī, “husband's elder brother's wife”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | जिठानी jiṭhānī |
जिठानियाँ jiṭhāniyā̃ |
| oblique | जिठानी jiṭhānī |
जिठानियों jiṭhāniyõ |
| vocative | जिठानी jiṭhānī |
जिठानियो jiṭhāniyo |
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जिठानी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1753
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जिठानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 371