देवृ

See also: देव, दैव, and द्व

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dayHwár (“brother-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“brother-in-law, husband’s brother”). Cognate with Latin levir, Ancient Greek δᾱήρ (dāḗr), Old English tācor, Russian де́верь (déverʹ), Lithuanian dieveris.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐj.ʋŕ̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪eː.ʋr̩/

Noun

देवृ • (devṛ́) stem, m

1. woman's brother-in-law, husband's brother (especially his younger brother)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.85.46:

     स॒म्राज्ञी॒ श्वशु॑रे भव स॒म्राज्ञी॑ श्व॒श्र्वां भ॑व।
     नना॑न्दरि स॒म्राज्ञी॑ भव स॒म्राज्ञी॒ अधि॑ दे॒वृषु॑॥

     samrā́jñī śváśure bhava samrā́jñī śvaśrvā́ṃ bhava.
     nánāndari samrā́jñī bhava samrā́jñī ádhi devṛ́ṣu.

     Be a queen to your father-in-law, be a queen to your mother-in-law, be a queen to your husband's sister, be a queen to your husband's brothers.

2. current husband of a previously married woman

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of देवृ (devṛ́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	देवा devā́	देवरौ / देवरा¹ devárau / devárā¹	देवरः deváraḥ
Vocative	देवः dévaḥ	देवरौ / देवरा¹ dévarau / dévarā¹	देवरः dévaraḥ
Accusative	देवरम् deváram	देवरौ / देवरा¹ devárau / devárā¹	देवॄन् devṝ́n
Instrumental	देव्रा devrā́	देवृभ्याम् devṛ́bhyām	देवृभिः devṛ́bhiḥ
Dative	देव्रे devré	देवृभ्याम् devṛ́bhyām	देवृभ्यः devṛ́bhyaḥ
Ablative	देवुः devúḥ	देवृभ्याम् devṛ́bhyām	देवृभ्यः devṛ́bhyaḥ
Genitive	देवुः devúḥ	देव्रोः devróḥ	देवॄणाम् devṝṇā́m
Locative	देवरि devári	देव्रोः devróḥ	देवृषु devṛ́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• देवर (devará)
• देवन् (deván)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “देवृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 496/2.