শ্বউর

Bengali

Alternative forms

• শউরা (śoura), হউর (hour)
• শ্বশুর (śôśur) — Standard

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swáśuras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swáćuras, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros. Cognate with Hindustani سسر / ससुर (sasur).

Pronunciation

• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /ʃou̯ɾ/, [ˈʃou̯ɾ], [ˈʃou̯ɹ]

Noun

শ্বউর • (śśour) (chiefly Vanga and Varendra)

1. father-in-law

   Antonym: শউরী (śouri)

Derived terms

• দাদাশউর (dadaśôur)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “শউর (মধ্যযুগীয় বাংলা)” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh