મહિયર
Gujarati edit
Alternative forms edit
- મહિયેર (mahiyer)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit मातृगृह (mātṛgṛha). Cognate with Marathi माहेर (māher).
Noun edit
મહિયર • (mahiyar) n
- mother's house
- (by extension) the mother's family or extended family
Coordinate terms edit
- પિયર (piyar)
Further reading edit
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*mātr̥ghara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press