بھرجائی
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Punjabi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀚𑀸𑀬𑀸 (bhāujāyā) / भाउजाय़ा / 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀇𑀬𑀸 (bhāujjāiyā), from Sanskrit भ्रातुर्जाया (bhrāturjāyā). By surface analysis, بھائی (bhā'ī) + جاؤ (jā'o).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: pàrjāyī, IPA(key): /pə˨ɾᵊ.d͡ʒäː.jiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun[edit]
بَھرْجائی • (bharjā'ī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਰਜਾਈ)
- sister-in-law (brother's wife)
Declension[edit]
| Declension of بھرجائی | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | بَھرْجائی (bharjā'ī) | |
| dir. pl. | بَھرْجائِیاں | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | بَھرْجائی (bharjā'ī) | بَھرْجائِیاں |
| oblique | بَھرْجائی (bharjā'ī) | بَھرْجائِیاں |
| vocative | بَھرْجائِیے (bharjā'iye) | بَھرْجائِیو (bharjā'īv) |
| ablative | بَھرْجائِیوں (bharjā'īvṉ) | — |
| locative | — | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
Further reading[edit]
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھرجائی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “بھرجائی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhrāturjāyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 551
Categories:
- Punjabi terms inherited from Prakrit
- Punjabi terms derived from Prakrit
- Punjabi terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Punjabi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Punjabi compound terms
- Punjabi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Punjabi/iː
- Rhymes:Punjabi/iː/3 syllables
- Punjabi lemmas
- Punjabi nouns
- Punjabi nouns in Shahmukhi script
- Punjabi feminine nouns
- Punjabi nouns with declension
- pa:Female family members