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سسری

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Feminine of سَسُر (sasur, “father-in-law”), inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀲𑀼𑀭 (susura), from Sanskrit श्वशुर (śváśura).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سَسُری or سُسْری • (sasurī or susrī) f (male equivalent سسرا, Hindi spelling ससुरी)

  1. (mildly vulgar) synonym of ساس (sās, “mother-in-law”)
  2. (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, slang, derogatory, mildly vulgar) bitch, bastardess (a term of abuse)
    کاٹو، سَسُری ― kāṭo, sasurī ― Piss off, bitch

Declension

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Declension of سسری
singular plural
direct سَسُری (sasurī) سَسُرِیاں (sasuriyā̃)
oblique سَسُری (sasurī) سَسُرِیوں (sasuriyō̃)
vocative سَسُری (sasurī) سَسُرِیو (sasuriyō)

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śváśura”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 739

Further reading

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More information
  • “سسری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “سسری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “سسر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 379
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “سسري”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 660
  • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “سسری”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
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