व्याही

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit विवाहिन् (vivāhin) (compare Old Marathi 𑘪𑘲𑘪𑘰𑘮𑘻 (vīvāho)). Related to विहीण (vihīṇ, “son's or daughter's mother-in-law”). Cognate with Bengali বিয়াই (biẏai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋja.ɦi/, [ʋjaiː]

Noun

व्याही • (vyāhī) m

1. son's or daughter's father-in-law

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “व्याही”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “व्याही”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “व्याही”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vivāhin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press