जोइ पोइ

Nepali

Etymology

Dvandva compound of जोइ (joi) +‎ पोइ (poi), literally “husband and wife”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zoi̯‿poi̯]
• Phonetic Devanagari: जोइ पोइ

Noun

जोइ पोइ • (joi poi)

1. married couple

   Synonym: पति-पत्नी (pati-patnī)

Further reading

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