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دیورانی

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀻 (devarāṇī), from Sanskrit देवरजानी (devarajānī).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪eːʋ.ɾɑː.niː/, [d̪eː.oː.ɾɑː.niː]
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: دیو‧را‧نی

Noun

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دیوْرَانی • (devrānī) f (Hindi spelling देवरानी)

  1. wife of husband's younger brother (sister-in-law) – feminine of دیوَر (devar)

Declension

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Declension of دیورانی
singular plural
direct دیوْرَانی (devrānī) دیوْرَانِیاں (devrāniyā̃)
oblique دیوْرَانی (devrānī) دیوْرَانِیوں (devrāniyō̃)
vocative دیوْرَانی (devrānī) دیوْرَانِیو (devrāniyō)

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*dēvarajāni”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 373

Further reading

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More information
  • “دیورانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “دیورانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ديور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 325
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “ديوراني”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 560
  • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “دیورانی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834), “دیورانی”, 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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