મહિયર
Gujarati
Alternative forms
- મહિયેર (mahiyer)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit मातृगृह (mātṛgṛha). Cognate with Marathi माहेर (māher).
Noun
મહિયર • (mahiyar) n
- mother's house
- (by extension) the mother's family or extended family
Coordinate terms
- પિયર (piyar)
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*mātr̥ghara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press