नैहर

Awadhi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *ज्ञातिघर (jñātighara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʌiːɦəɾ/

Noun

नैहर (naihar) m

1. a married woman’s parents' home
   • c. 1850, “Babul Mora Naihar Chhooto Jaye”, Wajid Ali Shah (lyrics):

     बाबुल मोर, नैहर छूटो ही जाए

     bābul mora, naihar chūṭo hī jāe

     My father, I'm leaving home.

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jñātighara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *ज्ञातिघर (jñātighara).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɛː.ɦəɾ/, [nɛː.ɦɐɾ]

Noun

नैहर • (naihar) m (Urdu spelling نَیہَر)

1. a wife's parents' home

Declension

Declension of नैहर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नैहर naihar	नैहर naihar
oblique	नैहर naihar	नैहरों naiharõ
vocative	नैहर naihar	नैहरो naiharo

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jñātighara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press