जेठानी

Hindi

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जेठानी

नानी

नाना

दादी

दादा

मामी

मामा

मौसा

मौसी

माता

पिता

ताऊ

ताई

बुआ

फूफा

चाचा

चाची

भांजा

भांजी

जीजा

दीदी

बहनोई

बहन

भैया

भाभी

भाई

भौजाई

भतीजा

भतीजी

जेठानी

जेठ

नंदोई

ननद

देवरानी

देवर

साला

सलहज

साली

साढ़ू

साला

सलहज

पति

पत्नी

समधी

समधिन

बहू

बेटा

पोता

पोती

बेटी

दामाद

जमाई

नाती

नातिन

समधी

समधिन

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Alternative forms

• जिठानी (jiṭhānī)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀻 (jiṭṭhāṇī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit *ज्येष्ठजानि (*jyeṣṭhajāni).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeː.ʈʰɑː.niː/, [d͡ʒeː.ʈʰäː.niː]

Noun

जेठानी • (jeṭhānī) f (male equivalent जेठ, Urdu spelling جیٹھانی)

1. husband's elder brother's wife

Declension

Declension of जेठानी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जेठानी jeṭhānī	जेठानियाँ jeṭhāniyā̃
oblique	जेठानी jeṭhānī	जेठानियों jeṭhāniyõ
vocative	जेठानी jeṭhānī	जेठानियो jeṭhāniyo

See also

• जेठ (jeṭh)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884), “जेठानी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jeṭhānī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 291
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “जेठानी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1791
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “जेठानी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 249
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “जेठानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 380

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀻 (jiṭṭhāṇī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit *ज्येष्ठजानि (*jyeṣṭhajāni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zeʈʰäni]
• Phonetic Devanagari: जेठानि

Noun

जेठानी • (jeṭhānī) f

1. husband's elder brother's wife; sister-in-law

Usage notes

A husband's elder brother's wife is referred to as जेठानी (jeṭhānī) but addressed as दिदी (didī).

Further reading

• “जेठानी”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “जेठानी”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jeṭhānī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 291