ससुरा

Nepali

Alternative forms

• ससुरो (sasuro)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit श्वशुर (śváśura).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʌsuɾä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: ससुरा

Noun

ससुरा • (sasurā) m

1. father-in-law

Declension

Declension of ससुरा
	Singular	Plural
nominative	ससुरा [sʌsuɾä]	ससुराहरू [sʌsuɾä̤ːɾu]
accusative	ससुरालाई [sʌsuɾäläi]	ससुराहरूलाई [sʌsuɾä̤ːɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	ससुराले [sʌsuɾäle]	ससुराहरूले [sʌsuɾä̤ːɾule]
dative	ससुरालाई [sʌsuɾäläi]	ससुराहरूलाई [sʌsuɾä̤ːɾuläi]
ablative	ससुराबाट [sʌsuɾäbäʈʌ]	ससुराहरूबाट [sʌsuɾä̤ːɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	ससुराको [sʌsuɾäko]	ससुराहरूको [sʌsuɾä̤ːɾuko]
locative	ससुरामा [sʌsuɾämä]	ससुराहरूमा [sʌsuɾä̤ːɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

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