મહિયર

Gujarati

Alternative forms

• મહિયેર (mahiyer)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मातृगृह (mātṛgṛha). Cognate with Marathi माहेर (māher).

Noun

મહિયર • (mahiyar) n

1. mother's house
2. (by extension) the mother's family or extended family

Coordinate terms

• પિયર (piyar)

Further reading

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