শ্বউর
Bengali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swáśuras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swáćuras, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros. Cognate with Hindustani سسر / ससुर (sasur).
Pronunciation
Noun
শ্বউর • (śour) (chiefly Vanga and Varendra)
- father-in-law
- Antonym: শউরী (śouri)
Derived terms
- দাদাশউর (dadaśôur)
References
- Accessible Dictionary, “শউর (মধ্যযুগীয় বাংলা)” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh