ਜਵਾਈ

Punjabi

Alternative forms
  • ਜੁਆਈ (juāī)

Etymology

From Old Punjabi ਜਵਾਈ (javāī), from Paisaci Prakrit, from Sanskrit जामातृ (jā́mātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-.

Noun

ਜਵਾਈ • (javāī) m (Shahmukhi spelling جَوائی‎)

  1. son-in-law
    Synonym: ਦਾਮਾਦ (dāmād)

Further reading
  • “ਜਵਾਈ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਜਵਾਈ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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