వదిన
Telugu edit
Alternative forms edit
వదినె (vadine), వదినియ (vadiniya)
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
వదిన • (vadina) f (plural వదినలు)
- An elder sister-in-law.
- An elder brother's wife.
- A husband's or wife's elder sister, whether older or younger than oneself (though always older in the former case according to the Hindu custom, the husband being always older than the wife).
- A paternal aunt's or maternal uncle's daughter, older than oneself.
References edit
- "వదినె" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1134