जेठ

Hindi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeːʈʰ/

Noun

जेठ • (jeṭh) m (feminine जेठानी, Urdu spelling جیٹھ)

1. husband's elder brother

Declension

Declension of जेठ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जेठ jeṭh	जेठ jeṭh
oblique	जेठ jeṭh	जेठों jeṭhõ
vocative	जेठ jeṭh	जेठो jeṭho

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “जेठ”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जेठ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “जेठ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जेठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Noun

जेठ • (jeṭh) m

1. elder brother of husband

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zeʈʰ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: जेठ्

Proper noun

जेठ • (jeṭh)

1. Jyeshth
   1. the second month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
   2. the third month in the lunar Hindu calendar

   Synonym: ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha)

Related terms

• (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) ^{(Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

Further reading

• “जेठ”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “जेठ”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar