देवृ
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian dayHwár (“brother-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“brother-in-law, husband’s brother”). Cognate with Latin levir, Ancient Greek δᾱήρ (dāḗr), Old English tācor, Russian де́верь (déverʹ), Lithuanian dieveris.
Noun
देवृ • (devṛ́) m
- woman's brother-in-law, husband's brother (especially his younger brother)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.85.46:
- सम्राज्ञी श्वशुरे भव सम्राज्ञी श्वश्र्वां भव ।
ननान्दरि सम्राज्ञी भव सम्राज्ञी अधि देवृषु ॥- samrājñī śvaśure bhava samrājñī śvaśrvāṃ bhava .
nanāndari samrājñī bhava samrājñī adhi devṛṣu . - Bear full sway over thy husband's father and thy husband's mother.
Over the sister of thy lord, over his brothers rule supreme.
- samrājñī śvaśure bhava samrājñī śvaśrvāṃ bhava .
- सम्राज्ञी श्वशुरे भव सम्राज्ञी श्वश्र्वां भव ।
- current husband of a previously married woman
Declension
| Masculine ṛ-stem declension of देवृ (devṛ́) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | देवा devā́ |
देवरौ / देवरा¹ devárau / devárā¹ |
देवरः deváraḥ |
| Vocative | देवः dévaḥ |
देवरौ / देवरा¹ dévarau / dévarā¹ |
देवरः dévaraḥ |
| Accusative | देवरम् deváram |
देवरौ / देवरा¹ devárau / devárā¹ |
देवॄन् devṝ́n |
| Instrumental | देव्रा devrā́ |
देवृभ्याम् devṛ́bhyām |
देवृभिः devṛ́bhiḥ |
| Dative | देव्रे devré |
देवृभ्याम् devṛ́bhyām |
देवृभ्यः devṛ́bhyaḥ |
| Ablative | देवुः devúḥ |
देवृभ्याम् devṛ́bhyām |
देवृभ्यः devṛ́bhyaḥ |
| Genitive | देवुः devúḥ |
देव्रोः devróḥ |
देवॄणाम् devṝṇā́m |
| Locative | देवरि devári |
देव्रोः devróḥ |
देवृषु devṛ́ṣu |
| Notes |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “देवृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 496/2.
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