শউর

Bengali

Alternative forms

শউরা (śoura), হউর (hour)
শ্বশুর (śôśur) — Standard

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swáśuras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swáćuras, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros. Cognate with Hindustani سسر / ससुर (sasur).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɔuɾ/

Noun

শউর • (śour) (chiefly Vanga and Varendra)

father-in-law
Antonym: শউরী (śouri)

Derived terms

দাদাশউর (dadaśôur)

References

Accessible Dictionary, “শউর (মধ্যযুগীয় বাংলা)” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

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