بھرجائی

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀚𑀸𑀬𑀸 (bhāujāyā) / भाउजाय़ा / 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀇𑀬𑀸 (bhāujjāiyā), from Sanskrit भ्रातुर्जाया (bhrāturjāyā). By surface analysis, بھائی (bhā'ī) + جاؤ (jā'o).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَھرْجائی • (bharjā'ī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਰਜਾਈ)

  1. sister-in-law (brother's wife)

Declension

Declension of بھرجائی
dir. sg. بَھرْجائی (bharjā'ī)
dir. pl. بَھرْجائِیاں
singular plural
direct بَھرْجائی (bharjā'ī) بَھرْجائِیاں
oblique بَھرْجائی (bharjā'ī) بَھرْجائِیاں
vocative بَھرْجائِیے (bharjā'iye) بَھرْجائِیو (bharjā'īv)
ablative بَھرْجائِیوں (bharjā'īvṉ)
locative
instrumental

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھرجائی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • بھرجائی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhrāturjāyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 551
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