जेठानी

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha, “elder brother”) + जानि (jāni, “wife”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

जेठानी • (jeṭhānī) f (masculine 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

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जेठानी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “जेठानी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जेठानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Pronunciation

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

Noun

जेठानी • (jeṭhānī) f

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

Usage notes

husband's elder brother's wife is addressed as दिदी [didī] but जेठानी [jeṭhānī] is used only when referring to as.

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