వదిన
Telugu
editAlternative forms
editవదినె (vadine), వదినియ (vadiniya)
Etymology
editCompare with Marathi वहिनी (vahinī).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editవదిన • (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