Urdu

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀲𑀼𑀭 (susura), from Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swáśuras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swáćuras, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros. Doublet of خُسَر (xusar). Cognate with Punjabi سَوہرا (sauhrā), Saraiki سَوہرا (sauhrā), Sindhi سَهُرو (sahuro), Burushaski [script needed] (šūšur), Kalasha [script needed] (išpášur), Khowar اِشپاشُور (išpašúr), Torwali شأژو (šλẓo) and far cognate with Pashto سخر (/⁠sxr⁠/).

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Noun

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سُسَر (susarm (feminine سُسَری (susarī), Hindi spelling सुसर)

  1. father-in-law
    Synonym: خُسَر (xusar)
Declension
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    Declension of سسر
singular plural
direct سُسَر (susar) سُسَر (susar)
oblique سُسَر (susar) سُسَروں (susarõ)
vocative سُسَر (susar) سُسَرو (susaro)

Further reading

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  • سسر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śváśura”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Sanskrit शिशिर (śiśira), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-.

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Adjective

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سِسِر (sisir) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling सिसिर) (rare)

  1. cold

Noun

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سِسِر (sisirf (Hindi spelling सिसिर)

  1. the winter season of Magh and Phagan.
Declension
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    Declension of سسر
singular plural
direct سِسِر (sisir) سِسِریں (sisirẽ)
oblique سِسِر (sisir) سِسِروں (sisirõ)
vocative سِسِر (sisir) سِسِرو (sisiro)

Further reading

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  • سسر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śíśira”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

References

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  • سسر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سسر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “سسر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “سسر”, 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