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जोइ

Nepali edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Prakrit जुवइ (juvaï), जुअई (juaī), from Sanskrit युवति (yuvatí, “young woman”).[1] Cognate with Hindustani جوئی (joī) / जोई (joī).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

जोइ • (joi) f

  1. wife
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:जोइ

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yuvati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 607

Further reading edit

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “जोइ”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 223
  • “जोई”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018, page 472, column 1

Prakrit edit

Adjective edit

जोइ (joi) (Kannada ಜೋಇ) (Maharastri)

  1. Devanagari script form of 𑀚𑁄𑀇

Noun edit

जोइ (joi) m (Kannada ಜೋಇ) (Maharastri)

  1. Devanagari script form of 𑀚𑁄𑀇
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