بھرجائی
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀚𑀸𑀬𑀸 (bhāujāyā) / भाउजाय़ा / 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀇𑀬𑀸 (bhāujjāiyā), from Sanskrit भ्रातुर्जाया (bhrāturjāyā). By surface analysis, بھائی (bhā'ī) + جاؤ (jā'o).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: pàrjāyī, IPA(key): /pə˨ɾᵊ.d͡ʒäː.jiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun edit
بَھرْجائی • (bharjā'ī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਰਜਾਈ)
- sister-in-law (brother's wife)
Declension edit
| Declension of بھرجائی | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | بَھرْجائی (bharjā'ī) | |
| dir. pl. | بَھرْجائِیاں | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | بَھرْجائی (bharjā'ī) | بَھرْجائِیاں |
| oblique | بَھرْجائی (bharjā'ī) | بَھرْجائِیاں |
| vocative | بَھرْجائِیے (bharjā'iye) | بَھرْجائِیو (bharjā'īv) |
| ablative | بَھرْجائِیوں (bharjā'īvṉ) | — |
| locative | — | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
Further reading edit
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھرجائی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “بھرجائی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhrāturjāyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 551