श्वश्रू

See also: श्वशुर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬰ᭄ᬯᬰ᭄ᬭᬹ (Balinese script)
  • শ্ৱশ্ৰূ (Assamese script)
  • শ্বশ্রূ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰫𑰿𑰪𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀰𑁆𑀯𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀽 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍂 (Grantha script)
  • શ્વશ્રૂ (Gujarati script)
  • ਸ਼ੑਵਸ਼ੑਰੂ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦯ꧀ꦮꦯꦿꦹ (Javanese script)
  • ឝ្វឝ្រូ (Khmer script)
  • ಶ್ವಶ್ರೂ (Kannada script)
  • ຨ຺ວຨ຺ຣູ (Lao script)
  • ശ്വശ്രൂ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘫𑘿𑘪𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘴 (Modi script)
  • ᠱᢦᠱᠷᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡧᠣᠸᠠᡧᡵᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
  • ၐွၐြူ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧋𑧠𑧊𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐱𑑂𑐰𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐹 (Newa script)
  • ଶ୍ଵଶ୍ରୂ (Oriya script)
  • ꢯ꣄ꢮꢯ꣄ꢬꢹ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆯𑇀𑆮𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆷 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖫𑖿𑖪𑖫𑖿𑖨𑗝 (Siddham script)
  • ශ්වශ්රූ (Sinhalese script)
  • శ్వశ్రూ (Telugu script)
  • ศฺวศฺรู (Thai script)
  • ཤྭ་ཤྲཱུ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒬𑓂𑒫𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒴 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *swaśrúH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swaćrúH, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”). Cognate with Latin socrus, Old Armenian սկեսուր (skesur), Ancient Greek ἑκυρά (hekurá).

Pronunciation

Noun

श्वश्रू • (śvaśrū́) f

  1. a mother-in-law (either the wife's or the husband's mother)
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.034.3:
      द्वेष्टि श्वश्रूरप जाया रुणद्धि न नाथितो विन्दते मर्डितारम् ।
      dveṣṭi śvaśrūrapa jāyā ruṇaddhi na nāthito vindate marḍitāram .
      My wife holds me aloof, her mother hates me: the wretched man finds none to give him comfort.

Declension
Feminine ū-stem declension of श्वश्रू (śvaśrū́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative श्वश्रूः
śvaśrū́ḥ		 श्वश्र्वौ / श्वश्रू¹
śvaśrvaù / śvaśrū́¹		 श्वश्र्वः / श्वश्रूः¹
śvaśrvàḥ / śvaśrū́ḥ¹
Vocative श्वश्रु
śváśru		 श्वश्र्वौ / श्वश्रू¹
śváśrvau / śvaśrū́¹		 श्वश्र्वः / श्वश्रूः¹
śváśrvaḥ / śváśrūḥ¹
Accusative श्वश्रूम्
śvaśrū́m		 श्वश्र्वौ / श्वश्रू¹
śvaśrvaù / śvaśrū́¹		 श्वश्रूः
śvaśrū́ḥ
Instrumental श्वश्र्वा
śvaśrvā̀		 श्वश्रूभ्याम्
śvaśrū́bhyām		 श्वश्रूभिः
śvaśrū́bhiḥ
Dative श्वश्र्वै
śvaśrvaì		 श्वश्रूभ्याम्
śvaśrū́bhyām		 श्वश्रूभ्यः
śvaśrū́bhyaḥ
Ablative श्वश्र्वाः
śvaśrvā̀ḥ		 श्वश्रूभ्याम्
śvaśrū́bhyām		 श्वश्रूभ्यः
śvaśrū́bhyaḥ
Genitive श्वश्र्वाः
śvaśrvā̀ḥ		 श्वश्र्वोः
śvaśrvòḥ		 श्वश्रूणाम्
śvaśrū́ṇām
Locative श्वश्र्वाम्
śvaśrvā̀m		 श्वश्र्वोः
śvaśrvòḥ		 श्वश्रूषु
śvaśrū́ṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • Dardic:
    • Kalasha: isprés
    • Kashmiri: ہَش‎ (haś)
    • Khowar: اِشپرےشى‎ (išpréši)
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (sāsū)
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Takka Apabhramsa:
    • Vracada Apabhramsa:
      • Sindhi:
        Arabic: سَسُ‎
        Devanagari: ससु
  • Pali: sassū
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀼𑀏 (sāsue)
  • → Telugu: శ్వశ్రువు (śvaśruvu)
  • → Tamil: ஶ்வஶ்ரூ (śvaśrū)
  • → Oriya: ଶ୍ବଶ୍ରୁ (śbôśru), ଶାଶୁ (śaśu)
  • → Malayalam: ശ്വശ്രു (śvaśru)
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