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جیٹھ

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Punjabi

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞 (jĕṭṭha), from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ (jyḗṣṭha).[1] Cognate with Kachchi જેઠ (jeṭh), Sindhi ڄيٺُ (j̄eṭhu).

Noun

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جیٹھ • (jeṭh) m (female equivalent جِٹھانی, Gurmukhi spelling ਜੇਠ)

  1. brother-in-law (husband's elder brother)
    Synonym: دیوَر (deyoar)

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞 (jĕṭṭha), from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha).[2] Cognate with Kachchi જેઠ (jeṭh), Sindhi ڄيٺُ (j̄eṭhu).

Proper noun

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جیٹھ • (jeṭh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜੇਠ)

  1. Jyeshta (third month of the Nanakshahi and Hindu calendar)

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jyḗṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 291
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jyaiṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 291

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “جیٹھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “جیٹھ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • “ਜੇਠ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Urdu

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞 (jeṭṭha, “elder brother”), from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha, “eldest brother, first, chief”).[1]

Noun

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جیٹھ • (jeṭh) m (female equivalent جِٹھانی (jiṭhānī))

  1. husband's elder brother
Declension
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Declension of جیٹھ
singular plural
direct جیٹھ (jeṭh) جیٹھ (jeṭh)
oblique جیٹھ (jeṭh) جیٹھوں (jeṭhõ)
vocative جیٹھ (jeṭh) جیٹھو (jeṭho)

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞 (jĕṭṭha), from Sanskrit ज्यैष्ठ (jyaiṣṭha).[2] Cognate with Kachchi જેઠ (jeṭh), Sindhi ڄيٺُ (j̄eṭhu).

Proper noun

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جیٹھ • (jeṭh) m

  1. Jyeshta; the third month of the Nanakshahi and Hindu calendar

See also

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Hindu calendar monthsedit

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jyḗṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 291
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jyaiṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 291

Further reading

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More information
  • “جیٹھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “جیٹھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “جٹهانی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 226
  • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “جتَهاني”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 470
  • John Shakespear (1834), “جیٹھ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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