जेठानी

Hindi

Etymology

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

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

Noun

जेठानी • (jeṭhānī) f (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

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], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “जेठानी”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
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