saas-bahu

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindi सास-बहू (sās-bahū).

Noun

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saas-bahu (uncountable)

  1. (India, fiction) A genre of drama fiction concerning the relationship between the controlling evil mother of a husband (mother-in-law) and her dominated, downtrodden, meek daughter-in-law.
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  • saas (mother-in-law)
  • bahu (daughter-in-law)
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