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) stem, m
- woman's brother-in-law, husband's brother (especially his younger brother)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.85.46:
- स॒म्राज्ञी॒ श्वशु॑रे भव स॒म्राज्ञी॑ श्व॒श्र्वां भ॑व।
नना॑न्दरि स॒म्राज्ञी॑ भव स॒म्राज्ञी॒ अधि॑ दे॒वृषु॑॥- samrā́jñī śváśure bhava samrā́jñī śvaśrvā́ṃ bhava.
nánāndari samrā́jñī bhava samrā́jñī ádhi devṛ́ṣu. - Be a queen to your father-in-law, be a queen to your mother-in-law, be a queen to your husband's sister, be a queen to your husband's brothers.
- samrā́jñī śváśure bhava samrā́jñī śvaśrvā́ṃ bhava.
- स॒म्राज्ञी॒ श्वशु॑रे भव स॒म्राज्ञी॑ श्व॒श्र्वां भ॑व।
- 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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