জোঁৱাই

Assamese

Alternative forms

  • জঙাই (zoṅai), জাঙই (zaṅoi), জোঁৱেই (zü̃ei), জোঁৱে’ (zü̃ë), জঁৱে’ (zõwë) Central
  • জাঙে’ (zaṅë), জাৱে’ (zawë) Kamrupi

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese জমাই (jomai), জামাই (jamai), from Sanskrit জামাতৃ (jāmātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́āmātā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-. Compare Kamta জাঙৈ (zaṅoi), Bengali জামাই (jamai), Sylheti ꠎꠥꠀꠁ (zuai), ꠎꠣꠝꠣꠁ (zamai), Hindustani جمائی / जमाई (jamāī), Punjabi ਜਮਾਈ (jamāī), Gujarati જમાઈ (jamāī), Nepali ज्वाइँ (jwāĩ), Marathi जावई (jāvaī), Konkani जांवै (zā̃vai).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zʊ.̃aɪ/

Noun

জোঁৱাই • (zü̃ai) (classifier -টো)

  1. son-in-law

Declension

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