See co-wife in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Coordinate term: co-husband"
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"ref": "1892, Kipling & Balestier, Naulahka, page 247:",
"text": "If a co-wife had sought the lives of those three of thine.",
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"ref": "1990, Syed A. A. Razwy, Khadija-tul-Kubra (the Wife of the Prophet Muhammed) May Allah be Pleased with Her: A Short Story of Her Life), page 165:",
"text": "In fact, [Ayesha] was more jealous of Khadija, the dead wife, than she was of any of her living co-wives.",
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{
"ref": "2000, Marjorie Shostak, Nisa, the life and words of a ǃKung woman, page 152:",
"text": "If the senior wife decides to make life unbearable for her co-wife and their husband, she is likely to succeed in forcing the newcomer to leave.",
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"ref": "2008, Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen, Polygamy: a cross-cultural analysis, page 32:",
"text": "In other words, polygamous societies differ markedly with regards to allowing kin, especially sisters, to become co-wives. Sororal polygamy is practised in some societies because it is believed to foster greater cohesiveness among co-wives sharing values and norms, whereas it is specifically forbidden in other polygamous societies.",
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"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "ସଉତୁଣୀ"
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"word": "ସପତ୍ନୀ"
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"code": "fa",
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"code": "fa",
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"word": "𐤑𐤓𐤕"
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"word": "ਸੌਂਕਣ"
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"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
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"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "vợ bé"
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"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
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"en:Marriage"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: co-husband"
},
{
"ref": "1892, Kipling & Balestier, Naulahka, page 247:",
"text": "If a co-wife had sought the lives of those three of thine.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1990, Syed A. A. Razwy, Khadija-tul-Kubra (the Wife of the Prophet Muhammed) May Allah be Pleased with Her: A Short Story of Her Life), page 165:",
"text": "In fact, [Ayesha] was more jealous of Khadija, the dead wife, than she was of any of her living co-wives.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2000, Marjorie Shostak, Nisa, the life and words of a ǃKung woman, page 152:",
"text": "If the senior wife decides to make life unbearable for her co-wife and their husband, she is likely to succeed in forcing the newcomer to leave.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen, Polygamy: a cross-cultural analysis, page 32:",
"text": "In other words, polygamous societies differ markedly with regards to allowing kin, especially sisters, to become co-wives. Sororal polygamy is practised in some societies because it is believed to foster greater cohesiveness among co-wives sharing values and norms, whereas it is specifically forbidden in other polygamous societies.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman’s husband."
],
"links": [
[
"polygamous",
"polygamous"
],
[
"marriage",
"marriage"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkəʊ.waɪf/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkoʊ.waɪf/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "co-bride"
},
{
"word": "fellow-wife"
},
{
"word": "wife-in-law"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "shemër"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḍarra",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ضَرَّة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jāra",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "جَارة"
},
{
"code": "afb",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "širīča",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"Gulf-Arabic"
],
"word": "شريچة"
},
{
"code": "arc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"roman": "ʿārəṯā",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"Hebrew",
"feminine"
],
"word": "עָרְתָא"
},
{
"code": "syc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"roman": "ʿarrəṯā",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"Syriac",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ܥܲܪܬܼܵܐ"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xotini",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "সতিনী"
},
{
"code": "ae",
"lang": "Avestan",
"roman": "hapaθnī",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śopotni",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "সপত্নী"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śotin",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"dialectal"
],
"word": "সতিন"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yìng",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "媵"
},
{
"code": "emk",
"lang": "Eastern Maninkakan",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "sìna"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "kunedzino"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "boedzino"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "sisarvaimo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "coépouse"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "co-épouse"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sœur-épouse"
},
{
"code": "ff",
"lang": "Pulaar",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "nawliraaɗo"
},
{
"code": "ff",
"lang": "Pular",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "siinaa"
},
{
"code": "ff",
"lang": "Pular",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "nawlan"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "śokya",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "શોકય"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "śok",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "શોક"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "sapatnī",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "સપત્ની"
},
{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kīshìyā"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tsará",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "צָרָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "saut",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सौत"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sautan",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सौतन"
},
{
"code": "ik",
"lang": "Inupiaq",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "nuliiraq"
},
{
"code": "ks",
"lang": "Kashmiri",
"roman": "sōtan",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "سوتَن"
},
{
"code": "ki",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"class-1"
],
"word": "mũiru"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hewî"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "madu"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "savat",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सवत"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "sapatnī",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सपत्नी"
},
{
"code": "nup",
"lang": "Nupe",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "tsudò"
},
{
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "sautuṇi",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "ସଉତୁଣୀ"
},
{
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "sapatni",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "ସପତ୍ନୀ"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "bən",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "havu",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "هوو"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "banânj",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "بنانج"
},
{
"code": "phn",
"lang": "Phoenician",
"roman": "ṣrt",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐤑𐤓𐤕"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "sauṅkaṇ",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ਸੌਂਕਣ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "second wife",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vtorája žená",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "втора́я жена́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "third wife",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "trétʹja žená",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"usually"
],
"word": "тре́тья жена́"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "sapatnī",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सपत्नी"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "coesposa"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "mke mwenza"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "palonj",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "палонҷ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "kuma"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "ortak"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sautan",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سَوتَن"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "saut",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سَوت"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "saukan",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سَوکَن"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "vợ bé"
},
{
"code": "mch",
"lang": "Ye'kwana",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "öiyaato"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband",
"word": "orogún"
}
],
"word": "co-wife"
}
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