دیور

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit देवर (devara); see there for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دیوَر (deyoarm (Gurmukhi spelling ਦੇਵਰ)

  1. husband's younger brother, brother-in-law
    Synonym: جیٹھ (jeṭh)

References

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  • دیور”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Hindi دیور (dyvr),[1] from Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀭 (devara), from Sanskrit देवर (devará),[2] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daHiwará-, from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr, with retention of -v- influenced by the Sanskrit term. Far cognate with Russian де́верь (déverʹ) and Lithuanian dieveris.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دیوَر (devarm (feminine دیوْرَانی (devrānī), Hindi spelling देवर)

  1. husband's younger brother (brother-in-law)

Declension

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Declension of دیور
singular plural
direct دیور (devar) دیور (devar)
oblique دیور (devar) دیوروں (devarō̃)
vocative دیور (devar) دیورو (devarō)

References

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  1. ^ دیور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dēvŕ̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 374

Further reading

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