বিয়াই

Bengali

Alternative forms

• বেয়াই (beẏai)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali বিহাঈ (bihai), from Prakrit *𑀯𑀺𑀆𑀳𑀻 (*viāhī), from Sanskrit विवाही (vivāhī, “(one) aligned by marriage”), from विवाह (vivāha, “marriage”) +‎ -ई (-ī). Cognate with Assamese বিয়ৈ (bioi), Marathi व्याही (vyāhī). Doublet of বিয়ান (biẏan), বিয়ে (biẏe), and বিবাহ (bibaho).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /bi̯ai̯/, [ˈbi̯ai̯]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /bi̯ai̯/, [ˈbi̯ai̯]

Noun

বিয়াই • (biẏai)

1. son's or daughter's father-in-law

References

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