મા

Inherited from Old Gujarati मा (mā), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀸 (mādā), from Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Doublet of માતા (mātā).


બહેન

bahen (romanization)
બહેન (nominative singular)
બહેનો (nominative plural)
બહેન (oblique singular)
બહેનો (oblique plural)
બહેન (singular vocative)
બહેનો (plural vocative)
બહેને (instrumental singular)
બહેનોએ (instrumental plural)
બહેને (locative singular)
બહેનોએ (locative plural)
બહિન (alternative)
બેન (alternative)

Inherited from Old Gujarati बहिन (bahina), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀻 (bhaïṇī), 𑀪𑀕𑀺𑀡𑀻 (bhagiṇī), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Doublet of બેની (benī).
Cognate with Hindustani बहन / بَہَن (bahan), Kachchi ભેણ (bheṇ), Marathi बहीण (bahīṇ), Romani phen.


પત્ની

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पत्नी (patnī).

lbor

પ્રેમિકા પત્ની નથી હોતી.

2020, Rajendramohan Bhatnagar, Maurya Samrat, R. R. Sheth & Co. Pvt. Ltd., →ISBN, →ISBN:


બેન

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


નાની

Feminine of નાનો (nāno) નાના (nānā), inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀦𑀸𑀦𑁆𑀦 (*nānna, term for an older male relative), from baby talk.

inh+

maternal grandmother
maternal grandmother


પ્રેમિકા

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પ્રેમિકા • (premikā) f (masculine પ્રેમિક)

premikā (romanization)
પ્રેમિક (masculine)

Sanskritic formation from પ્રેમ (prem, “love”) + -ઇકા (-ikā). Compare Hindustani پِریمِیکا (piremīkā) / प्रेमिका (premikā), Bengali প্রেমিকা (premika), New Sanskrit प्रेमिका (premikā).

sa-af

પ્રેમિકા પત્ની નથી હોતી.


ભાભી

bhābhī (romanization)
ભાઈ (masculine)
ભાભી (nominative singular)
ભાભીઓ (nominative plural)
ભાભી (oblique singular)
ભાભીઓ (oblique plural)
ભાભી (singular vocative)
ભાભીઓ (plural vocative)
ભાભી (instrumental singular)
ભાભીઓ (instrumental plural)
ભાભીએ (locative singular)
ભાભીઓએ (locative plural)

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀪𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀪 (*bhābbha), from baby talk. Cognate with Hindustani بھابھی / भाभी (bhābhī).

onomatopoeic

baby talk

ref

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

sister-in-law (brother or cousin's wife)


દીદી

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દીદી • (dīdī) f

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દીદી • (dīdī) f

dīdī (romanization)
દીદી (nominative singular)
દીદીઓ (nominative plural)
દીદી (oblique singular)
દીદીઓ (oblique plural)
દીદી (singular vocative)
દીદીઓ (plural vocative)
દીદી (instrumental singular)
દીદીઓ (instrumental plural)
દીદીએ (locative singular)
દીદીઓએ (locative plural)

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀤𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸- (*diddā-, “older sister or female relative”), ultimately from baby talk.


સાસુ

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀽 (sassū), from Sanskrit श्वश्रू (śvaśrū́), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swaśrúH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swaćrúH, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”). Cognate with Sindhi سَسُ / ससु (sasu).


કાકી

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કાકી • (kākī) f

gu-noun

કાકી • (kākī) f

kākī (romanization)
કાકી (nominative singular)
કાકીઓ (nominative plural)
કાકી (oblique singular)
કાકીઓ (oblique plural)
કાકી (singular vocative)
કાકીઓ (plural vocative)
કાકી (instrumental singular)
કાકીઓ (instrumental plural)
કાકીએ (locative singular)
કાકીઓએ (locative plural)


મામી

Feminine of મામો (māmo), inherited from Sanskrit माम (māma), from Proto-Dravidian *māma.


માસી

māsī (romanization)
માસા (masculine)
માશી (alternative)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀺 (māusi), from Late Prakrit *𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺 (*mātussi), from Early Prakrit *𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺 (*mātussassi), from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ), a compound of मातुः (mā́tuḥ, “mother's”, genitive of मातृ (mātṛ)) + स्वसृ (svásṛ, “sister”). Cognate with Bengali মাসি (maśi), Hindustani موسی / मौसी (mausī), and Marwari मासी (māsī).

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*𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺

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genitive of <i class="Deva mention" lang="sa">मातृ</i> (mātṛ)


દાદી

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દાદી • (dādī) f

gu-noun

દાદી • (dādī) f

dādī (romanization)
દાદી (nominative singular)
દાદીઓ (nominative plural)
દાદી (oblique singular)
દાદીઓ (oblique plural)
દાદી (singular vocative)
દાદીઓ (plural vocative)
દાદી (instrumental singular)
દાદીઓ (instrumental plural)
દાદીએ (locative singular)
દાદીઓએ (locative plural)


ફોઈ

phoī (romanization)
ફુઆ (masculine)
ફૈ (alternative)

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀨𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀨𑀻 (*phupphī, “father's sister”), ultimately from baby talk.

onomatopoeic

baby talk


આઈ

Inherited from Sanskrit अर्यिका (aryikā) or Sanskrit अम्बा (ambā), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Aryan *āī, a nursery word.
Cognate with Assamese আই (ai), Marathi आई (āī), Nepali आइमाइ (āimāi). Sindhi ائي / आई (āī).


ખાલા

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ખાલા • (khālā) f

gu-noun

ખાલા • (khālā) f

Borrowed from Classical Persian خاله (xāla), from Arabic خالة (ḵāla).


ઓરત

orat (romanization)
ઓરત (nominative singular)
ઓરતો (nominative plural)
ઓરત (oblique singular)
ઓરતો (oblique plural)
ઓરત (singular vocative)
ઓરતો (plural vocative)
ઓરતે (instrumental singular)
ઓરતોએ (instrumental plural)
ઓરતે (locative singular)
ઓરતોએ (locative plural)

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَوْرَت (awrat), from Arabic عَوْرَة (ʕawra, “genitals; nudity”), where the shift to "woman" in early New Indo-Aryan is because it is abominable to expose the female body in public.


ધૂતા

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ધૂતા • (dhūtā) f

gu-noun

ધૂતા • (dhūtā) f

Inherited from Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ). Doublet of દુખ્તર (dukhtar), ધૂય (dhūya), and ધી (dhī). Cognate with Punjabi ਧੀ (dhī), Hindi धिया (dhiyā), Konkani धूव (dhūv).


દુખ્તર

dukhtar (romanization)
دُخْتَر (alternative)

PIE word
 *dʰugh₂tḗr
Borrowed from Classical Persian دُخْتَر (duxtar). Doublet of ધૂતા (dhūtā), ધૂતા (dhūtā), and ધી (dhī). Compare Hindustani دُخْتَر / दुख़्तर (duxtar).


સાળી

sāḷī (romanization)
સાળો (masculine)
સાળી (nominative singular)
સાળીઓ (nominative plural)
સાળી (oblique singular)
સાળીઓ (oblique plural)
સાળી (singular vocative)
સાળીઓ (plural vocative)
સાળી (instrumental singular)
સાળીઓ (instrumental plural)
સાળીએ (locative singular)
સાળીઓએ (locative plural)
સાલી (alternative)

sister-in-law (wife's sister or female cousin)


જા

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀉𑀬𑀸 (jāuyā) , from Sanskrit यातृ (yātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *HyáHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyáHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yn̥h₂tēr. Cognate with Assamese জা (za), Bengali জা (ja), Odia ଜା (jā), Marathi जाऊ (jāū).

co-sister-in-law (sister-in-law of a woman; husband's younger brother's wife)


નણંદ

naṇand (romanization)
નનંદ (alternative)

Inherited from Old Gujarati नणंदर (naṇaṃdara), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀡𑀁𑀤𑀸 (ṇaṇaṃdā), from Sanskrit ननान्दृ (nánāndṛ). Cognate with Marwari नणंद (naṇand).


આપા

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આપા • (āpā) f

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આપા • (āpā) f

Borrowed from Chagatai اپا (apa, “elder sister”), from Proto-Turkic *apa. Alternatively, perhaps from a feminine derivative of Prakrit 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧 (appa, “father”).


વહુ

Central Hindi Directorate
gu:ગુજરાતીલૅક્સિકન.કોમ
hi:केन्द्रीय हिन्दी निदेशालय

vahu (romanization)
વહુ (nominative singular)
વહુઓ (nominative plural)
વહુ (oblique singular)
વહુઓ (oblique plural)
વહુ (singular vocative)
વહુઓ (plural vocative)
વહુ (instrumental singular)
વહુઓ (instrumental plural)
વહુએ (locative singular)
વહુઓએ (locative plural)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū), 𑀯𑀥𑀽 (vadhū), from Sanskrit વધૂ (vadhū́). Doublet of વધૂ (vadhū).
Cognates
Cognate with Bengali বউ (bou), Hindustani بَہُو / बहू (bahū), Marathi वहू (vahū), and Sindhi وَهۇ / वहू (vahū).

(by extension) bride; wife – the newly wedded wife in the family


બહેનપણી

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બહેનપણી • (bahenpaṇī) f

gu-noun

બહેનપણી • (bahenpaṇī) f

bahenpaṇī (romanization)
બહેનપણી (nominative singular)
બહેનપણીઓ (nominative plural)
બહેનપણી (oblique singular)
બહેનપણીઓ (oblique plural)
બહેનપણી (singular vocative)
બહેનપણીઓ (plural vocative)
બહેનપણી (instrumental singular)
બહેનપણીઓ (instrumental plural)
બહેનપણીએ (locative singular)
બહેનપણીઓએ (locative plural)

From બહેનપણું (bahenpaṇũ, “sisterhood”) + -ઈ (-ī).

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girlfriend (female friend of a woman or girl)


અપરમાતા

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અપરમાતા • (aparmātā) f

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અપરમાતા • (aparmātā) f

aparmātā (romanization)
અપરમાતા (nominative singular)
અપરમાતાઓ (nominative plural)
અપરમાતા (oblique singular)
અપરમાતાઓ (oblique plural)
અપરમાતા (singular vocative)
અપરમાતાઓ (plural vocative)
અપરમાતા (instrumental singular)
અપરમાતાઓ (instrumental plural)
અપરમાતાએ (locative singular)
અપરમાતાઓએ (locative plural)

From અપર (apar, “other”) + માતા (mātā, “mother”).


ધર્મપત્ની

dharmapatnī (romanization)
ધર્મપત્ની (nominative singular)
ધર્મપત્નીઓ (nominative plural)
ધર્મપત્ની (oblique singular)
ધર્મપત્નીઓ (oblique plural)
ધર્મપત્ની (singular vocative)
ધર્મપત્નીઓ (plural vocative)
ધર્મપત્ની (instrumental singular)
ધર્મપત્નીઓ (instrumental plural)
ધર્મપત્નીએ (locative singular)
ધર્મપત્નીઓએ (locative plural)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धर्मपत्नी (dharmapatnī). By surface analysis, ધર્મ (dharma) + પત્ની (patnī).

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A wife married lawfully or through religious rites.