देवृ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দেৱৃ (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬾᬯᬺ (Balinese script)
- দেবৃ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰸𑰪𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀾 (Brahmi script)
- ဒေဝၖ (Burmese script)
- દેવૃ (Gujarati script)
- ਦੇਵ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑍃 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦺꦮꦽ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂵𑂫𑃂 (Kaithi script)
- ದೇವೃ (Kannada script)
- ទេវ្ឫ (Khmer script)
- ເທວ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
- ദേവൃ (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᡝᠸᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘹𑘪𑘵 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠧᠧᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧚𑧊𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐾𑐰𑐺 (Newa script)
- ଦେଵୃ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢾꢮꢺ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆼𑆮𑆸 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖸𑖪𑖴 (Siddham script)
- දෙවෘ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩔𑩾𑩙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚲𑚦 (Takri script)
- தே³வ்ரி (Tamil script)
- దేవృ (Telugu script)
- เทวฺฤ (Thai script)
- དེ་ཝྲྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒹𑒫𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨄𑨭𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dayHwár (“brother-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“brother-in-law, husband’s brother”). Cognate with Latin levir, Ancient Greek δᾱήρ (dāḗr), Old English tācor, Russian де́верь (déverʹ), Lithuanian dieveris.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dɐj.ʋŕ̩/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪eː.ʋr̩/
Noun
देवृ • (devṛ́) stem, m
- woman's brother-in-law, husband's brother (especially his younger brother)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.40.2:
- कुह॑ स्विद् दो॒षा कुह॒ वस्तो॑र् अ॒श्विना॒ कुहा॑भिपि॒त्वं क॑रतः॒ कुहो॑षतुः ।
को वां॑ शयु॒त्रा वि॒धवे॑व दे॒वरं॒ मर्यं॒ न योषा॑ कृणुते स॒धस्थ॒ आ ॥- kúha svid doṣā́ kúha vástor aśvínā kúhābhipitváṃ karataḥ kúhoṣatuḥ.
kó vāṃ śayutrā́ vidháveva deváraṃ máryaṃ ná yóṣā kṛṇute sadhástha ā́. - O Ashvins, where are you in the evening and where are you in the morning? Where do you rest and where do you spend the night? Who brings you [homeward] like a widow brings her brother-in-law to the bed and the young lady beckons the young man to the meeting-place?
- kúha svid doṣā́ kúha vástor aśvínā kúhābhipitváṃ karataḥ kúhoṣatuḥ.
- कुह॑ स्विद् दो॒षा कुह॒ वस्तो॑र् अ॒श्विना॒ कुहा॑भिपि॒त्वं क॑रतः॒ कुहो॑षतुः ।
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.85.46:
- स॒म्राज्ञी॒ श्वशु॑रे भव स॒म्राज्ञी॑ श्व॒श्र्वां भ॑व ।
नना॑न्दरि स॒म्राज्ञी॑ भव स॒म्राज्ञी॒ अधि॑ दे॒वृषु॑ ॥- samrā́jñī śváśure bhava samrā́jñī śvaśrvā́ṃ bhava.
nánāndari samrā́jñī bhava samrā́jñī ádhi devṛ́ṣu. - Be a queen to your father-in-law, be a queen to your mother-in-law, be a queen to your husband's sister, be a queen to your husband's brothers.
- samrā́jñī śváśure bhava samrā́jñī śvaśrvā́ṃ bhava.
- स॒म्राज्ञी॒ श्वशु॑रे भव स॒म्राज्ञी॑ श्व॒श्र्वां भ॑व ।
- current husband of a previously married woman
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | देवा (devā́) | देवरौ (devárau) देवरा¹ (devárā¹) |
देवरः (deváraḥ) |
| accusative | देवरम् (deváram) | देवरौ (devárau) देवरा¹ (devárā¹) |
देवॄन् (devṝ́n) |
| instrumental | देव्रा (devrā́) | देवृभ्याम् (devṛ́bhyām) | देवृभिः (devṛ́bhiḥ) |
| dative | देव्रे (devré) | देवृभ्याम् (devṛ́bhyām) | देवृभ्यः (devṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | देवुः (devúḥ) | देवृभ्याम् (devṛ́bhyām) | देवृभ्यः (devṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | देवुः (devúḥ) | देव्रोः (devróḥ) | देवॄणाम् (devṝṇā́m) |
| locative | देवरि (devári) | देव्रोः (devróḥ) | देवृषु (devṛ́ṣu) |
| vocative | देवः (dévaḥ) | देवरौ (dévarau) देवरा¹ (dévarā¹) |
देवरः (dévaraḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Related terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “देवृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 496, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “devár-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 743-744