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دیور

Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit देवर (devara); see there for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دیوَر • (deyoar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਦੇਵਰ)

  1. husband's younger brother, brother-in-law
    Synonym: جیٹھ (jeṭh)

References

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  • “دیور”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *daHiwā́
    Sanskrit देवृ (devṛ)
    Sanskrit देवर (devara)
    Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀭 (devara)
    Urdu دیوَر (devar)

    Inherited from Middle Hindi دیور (dyvr) (c. 1647),[1] from Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀭 (devara),[2] from Sanskrit देवर (devará),[3] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daHiwará-, from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr, with retention of -v- influenced by the Sanskrit term. Far cognate with Russian де́верь (déverʹ) and Lithuanian dieveris.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    دیوَر • (devar) m (feminine دیوْرَانی (devrānī), Hindi spelling देवर)

    1. husband's younger brother (brother-in-law)

    Declension

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    Declension of دیور
    singular plural
    direct دیوَر (devar) دیوَر (devar)
    oblique دیوَر (devar) دیوَروں (devarõ)
    vocative دیوَر (devar) دیوَرو (devaro)

    References

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    1. ^ “دیور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dēvŕ̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 374
    3. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “ديور”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 560

    Further reading

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    More information
    • “دیور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ديور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 325
    • S. W. Fallon (1879) “دیور”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
    • John Shakespear (1834) “دیور”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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