عورت

ur-noun

عَورَت • ('aurat) f (formal plural عَورات ('aurāt), Hindi spelling औरत)

عَورَت (canonical)
'aurat (romanization)
عَورات (formal plural)
औरत (Hindi)
عَورَت (direct singular)
عَورَتیں (direct plural)
عَورَت (oblique singular)
عَورَتوں (oblique plural)
عَورَت (singular vocative)
عَورَتو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَوْرَت (awrat), from Arabic عَوْرَة (ʕawra, “genitals; nudity”), where the shift to "woman" in early New Indo-Aryan happened because it was considered immodest to expose the female body in public. First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi عَورَت ('vrt)/औरत (aurata).

der

یہ ہم گنہ گار عورتیں ہیں جو اہل جبہ کی تمکنت سے نہ رعب کھائیں نہ جان بیچیں نہ سر جھکائیں نہ ہاتھ جوڑیں

2001, Kishwar Naheed, translated by Rekhta, Kulliyat Dusht-e-Qais Mein Laila, page 972:

It is we sinful women who are not awed by the grandeur of those who wear gowns, who don't sell our lives, who don't bow our heads, who don't fold our hands together

ye ham gunahgār aurtẽ ha͠i jo ahl-e-jubbā kī tamaknat se na rob khāẽ na jān becẽ na sar jhukāẽ na hāth joṛẽ


بھانجی

ur-noun

بھان٘جی • (bhāñjī) f (masculine بھان٘جا (bhāñjā), Hindi spelling भाँजी)

بھان٘جی (canonical)
bhāñjī (romanization)
بھان٘جا (masculine)
भाँजी (Hindi)
بھان٘جی (direct singular)
بھان٘جِیاں (direct plural)
بھان٘جی (oblique singular)
بھان٘جِیوں (oblique plural)
بھان٘جی (singular vocative)
بھان٘جِیو (plural vocative)

Feminine of بھان٘جا (bhāñjā, “nephew”), from Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀬𑀡𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚 (bhāyaṇijja) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit भागिनेय (bhāginēya).


بھانجا

بھان٘جا • (bhāñjā) m (feminine بھان٘جی (bhāñjī), Hindi spelling भाँजा)

بھان٘جا (canonical)
bhāñjā (romanization)
بھان٘جی (feminine)
भाँजा (Hindi)
بھان٘جا (direct singular)
بھان٘جے (direct plural)
بھان٘جے (oblique singular)
بھان٘جوں (oblique plural)
بھان٘جے (singular vocative)
بھان٘جو (plural vocative)

/bʱɑːn.d͡ʒɑː/

Inherited from Middle Hindi بھانجا (bhanja), from Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀬𑀡𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚 (bhāyaṇijja) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit भागिनेय (bhāginēya).


بھتیجی

ur-noun

بھتیجی • (bhatījī) f (Hindi spelling भतीजी)


بچہ

بَچَّہ • (bacca) m (feminine بَچی (bacī), Hindi spelling बच्चा)

بَچَّہ (canonical)
bacca (romanization)
بَچی (feminine)
बच्चा (Hindi)
بَچَّہ (direct singular)
بَچّے (direct plural)
بَچّے (oblique singular)
بَچّوں (oblique plural)
بَچّے (singular vocative)
بَچّو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَچَّه (bačča), from Middle Persian wck' (waččag, “child, baby, cub”), from Proto-Iranian *wacáh (“calf”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *watsás.


دختر

ur-noun

دُخْتَر • (duxtar) f (Hindi spelling दुख़्तर)

دُخْتَر (canonical)
duxtar (romanization)
दुख़्तर (Hindi)

PIE word
 *dʰugh₂tḗr
Borrowed from Classical Persian دُخْتَر (duxtar, “daughter”).


بیٹی

beṭī (romanization)
बेटी (Hindi)
بیٹی (direct singular)
بیٹِیاں (direct plural)
بیٹی (oblique singular)
بیٹِیوں (oblique plural)
بیٹی (singular vocative)
بیٹِیو (plural vocative)


بیٹا

ur-noun

بیٹا • (beṭā) m (feminine بیٹی (beṭī), Hindi spelling बेटा)

beṭā (romanization)
بیٹی (feminine)
बेटा (Hindi)
بیٹا (direct singular)
بیٹے (direct plural)
بیٹے (oblique singular)
بیٹوں (oblique plural)
بیٹے (singular vocative)
بیٹو (plural vocative)

Inherited from Middle Hindi بیٿا (byṭa), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀝 (biṭṭa), from Sanskrit बटु (baṭu, “boy, lad, chap”) or a related term. Ultimately, may have been borrowed from Munda.


اما

اَمّا (canonical)
ammā (romanization)
अम्मा (Hindi)
اَمّاں (alternative)
اَمّی (alternative)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀫𑀸 (aṃmā), from Sanskrit अम्बा (ambā).

inh+

Coordinate term: اَبّا (abbā)


دیور

ur-noun

دیوَر • (devar) m (feminine دیوْرَانی (devrānī), Hindi spelling देवर)

دیوَر (canonical)
devar (romanization)
دیوْرَانی (feminine)
देवर (Hindi)
دیوَر (direct singular)
دیوَر (direct plural)
دیوَر (oblique singular)
دیوَروں (oblique plural)
دیوَر (singular vocative)
دیوَرو (plural vocative)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr
Proto-Indo-Iranian *daHiwā́
Sanskrit देवृ (devṛ)
Sanskrit देवर (devara)
Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀭 (devara)
Urdu دیوَر (devar)
Inherited from Middle Hindi دیور (dyvr) (c. 1647), from Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀭 (devara), from Sanskrit देवर (devará), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daHiwará-, from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr, with retention of -v- influenced by the Sanskrit term. Far cognate with Russian де́верь (déverʹ) and Lithuanian dieveris.

etymon

دیوَر

ref

“دیور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dēvŕ̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 374

Platts, John T. (1884) “ديور”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 560

husband's younger brother (brother-in-law)


باجی

بَاجی (canonical)
bājī (romanization)
बाजी (Hindi)
باجی (direct singular)
باجِیاں (direct plural)
باجی (oblique singular)
باجِیوں (oblique plural)
باجی (singular vocative)
باجِیو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَاجِی (bājī), from Ottoman Turkish باجی (bacı).


داماد

ur-noun

داماد • (dāmād) m (Hindi spelling दामाद)

dāmād (romanization)
दामाद (Hindi)
داماد (direct singular)
داماد (direct plural)
داماد (oblique singular)
دامادوں (oblique plural)
داماد (singular vocative)
دامادو (plural vocative)

/d̪ɑː.mɑːd̪/

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَامَاد (dāmād). Doublet of جَن٘وَائِی (jãvāī). First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi داماد (damad /dāmād/).

doublet

Doublet of جَن٘وَائِی (jãvāī)

ref

“داماد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.


بھائی

bhāī (romanization)
भाई (Hindi)
بھائی (direct singular)
بھائی (direct plural)
بھائی (oblique singular)
بھائِیوں (oblique plural)
بھائی (singular vocative)
بھائِیو (plural vocative)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀇 (bhāi), 𑀪𑀸𑀉 (bhāu), 𑀪𑀸𑀆 (bhāā), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

inh+

Coordinate term: بَہَن (bahan)

(polite, chiefly women's speech, vocative) any male person


بہن

ur-noun

بَہَن • (bahan) f (masculine بھائِی (bhāī), Hindi spelling बहन)

بَہَن (canonical)
bahan (romanization)
بھائِی (masculine)
बहन (Hindi)
بَہَن (direct singular)
بَہَنیں (direct plural)
بَہَن (oblique singular)
بَہَنوں (oblique plural)
بَہَن (singular vocative)
بَہَنو (plural vocative)
بَہْنا (alternative)
بَھینا (alternative)

Etymology tree
Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī)
Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi)
Urdu بَہَن (bahan)
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī). Cognate with Punjabi بَھیْݨ (bhaiṇ).

etymon

بَہَن


خالو

ur-noun

خَالُو • (xālū) m (feminine خالَہ (xāla), Hindi spelling ख़ालू)

خَالُو (canonical)
xālū (romanization)
خالَہ (feminine)
ख़ालू (Hindi)
خَالُو (direct singular)
خَالُو (direct plural)
خَالُو (oblique singular)
خَالُووں (oblique plural)
خَالُو (singular vocative)
خَالُوو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian خالُو, from Arabic خَال (ḵāl).

خالَہ خالہ#Urdu

husband of mother’s sister (maternal uncle) – masculine of خالَہ (xāla)


آپا

āpā (romanization)
आपा (Hindi)
آپا (direct singular)
آپائیں (direct plural)
آپا (oblique singular)
آپاؤں (oblique plural)
آپا (singular vocative)
آپاؤ (plural vocative)

Borrowed from a Turkic language, derived from the root Proto-Turkic *apa, not to be confused with the term of Prakrit origin, perhaps a feminine derivative of, 𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧 (appa, “father”); see Hindi आपा (āpā).


ماما

māmā (romanization)
मामा (Hindi)
ماما (direct singular)
مامائیں (direct plural)
ماما (oblique singular)
ماماؤں (oblique plural)
ماما (singular vocative)
ماماؤ (plural vocative)
مَمّا (alternative)
مَمّاں (alternative)

From ماں (mā̃), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀸 (mādā), from Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.


بوا

بُوَا (canonical)
buvā (romanization)
बुवा (Hindi)
بُوَا (direct singular)
بُوَائیں (direct plural)
بُوَا (oblique singular)
بُوَاؤں (oblique plural)
بُوَا (singular vocative)
بُوَاؤ (plural vocative)


دادا

دادا • (dādā) m (feminine دادی (dādī), Hindi spelling दादा)

dādā (romanization)
دادی (feminine)
दादा (Hindi)
دادا (direct singular)
دادے (direct plural)
دادے (oblique singular)
دادوں (oblique plural)
دادے (singular vocative)
دادو (plural vocative)

From Ashokan Prakrit *𑀤𑀸𑀤𑁆𑀤- (*dādda-). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi دادا (dādā)ِ.


والد

والِد • (vālid) m (feminine والدہ, Hindi spelling वालिद)

والِد (canonical)
vālid (romanization)
والدہ (feminine)
वालिद (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَالِد (wālid), from Arabic وَالِد (wālid).


نند

ur-noun

نَنْد • (nand) f (masculine نَنْدوئِی (nandoī), Hindi spelling ननद)

نَنْد (canonical)
nand (romanization)
نَنْدوئِی (masculine)
ननद (Hindi)
نَنْد (direct singular)
نَنْدیں (direct plural)
نَنْد (oblique singular)
نَنْدوں (oblique plural)
نَنْد (singular vocative)
نَنْدو (plural vocative)
نَنَنْد (alternative)

Inherited from Middle Hindi نند (nand /nanad/) / ننند (nanad), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀡𑀁𑀤𑀸 (ṇaṇaṃdā), from Sanskrit ननान्दृ (nánāndṛ), ननन्दृ (nanandṛ).


ماں

mā̃ (romanization)
माँ (Hindi)
ماں (direct singular)
مائیں (direct plural)
ماں (oblique singular)
ماؤں (oblique plural)
ماں (singular vocative)
ماؤں (plural vocative)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀸 (mādā), from Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Doublet of ماتا (mātā) and مادَر (mādar). Compare Punjabi ਮਾਂ (mā̃)/ماں (māṉ), Sindhi ماء (māʾu), Bengali মা (ma), Gujarati મા (mā).


خداوند

ur-noun

خُداوَنْد • (xudāvand) m (Hindi spelling ख़ुदावंद)

خُداوَنْد (canonical)
xudāvand (romanization)
ख़ुदावंद (Hindi)
خُداوَنْد (direct singular)
خُداوَنْد (direct plural)
خُداوَنْد (oblique singular)
خُداوَنْدوں (oblique plural)
خُداوَنْد (singular vocative)
خُداوَنْدو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian خداوند (xudāvand).


ساس

sās (romanization)
सास (Hindi)
ساس (direct singular)
ساسیں (direct plural)
ساس (oblique singular)
ساسوں (oblique plural)
ساس (singular vocative)
ساسو (plural vocative)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀽 (sassū), from Sanskrit श्वश्रू (śvaśrū́). First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi ساس (sas).


جیٹھ

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞 (jĕṭṭha), from Sanskrit ज्यैष्ठ (jyaiṣṭha). Cognate with Kachchi જેઠ (jeṭh) and Sindhi ڄيٺُ (j̄eṭhu).

Jyeshta; the third month of the Nanakshahi and Hindu calendar


بیوی

بِیوِی (canonical)
bīvī (romanization)
बीवी (Hindi)
بِیوی (direct singular)
بِیوِیاں (direct plural)
بِیوی (oblique singular)
بِیوِیوں (oblique plural)
بِیوی (singular vocative)
بِیوِیو (plural vocative)

Derived from Classical Persian بیبی (bibi, “lady”)


آپی

āpī (romanization)
आपी (Hindi)
آپی (direct singular)
آپِیاں (direct plural)
آپی (oblique singular)
آپِیوں (oblique plural)
آپی (singular vocative)
آپِیو (plural vocative)

From آپا (āpā), taken from a Turkic language.

آپا آپا#Urdu

(endearing) Alternative form of آپا (āpā, “older sister; sis”)


خالہ

ur-noun

خالَہ • (xāla) f (masculine خَالُو (xālū), Hindi spelling ख़ाला)

خالَہ (canonical)
xāla (romanization)
خَالُو (masculine)
ख़ाला (Hindi)
خالَہ (direct singular)
خالائیں (direct plural)
خالَہ (oblique singular)
خالاؤں (oblique plural)
خالَہ (singular vocative)
خالاؤ (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian خَالَه (xāla), from Arabic خَالَة (ḵāla).


نانا

ur-noun

نانا • (nānā) m (feminine نانی (nānī), Hindi spelling नाना)

nānā (romanization)
نانی (feminine)
नाना (Hindi)
نانا (direct singular)
نانے (direct plural)
نانے (oblique singular)
نانوں (oblique plural)
نانے (singular vocative)
نانو (plural vocative)

Inherited from Middle Hindi نانا (nana) (c. 1564), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀦𑀸𑀦𑁆𑀦 (*nānna, “term for an older male relative”), from baby talk.

inh

maternal grandfather
maternal grandfather

(Islam, figuratively) Imam Hussain and (by extension) his grandfather Muhammad.


دادی

ur-noun

دادی • (dādī) f (masculine دادا (dādā), Hindi spelling दादी)

dādī (romanization)
دادا (masculine)
दादी (Hindi)
دادی (direct singular)
دادِیاں (direct plural)
دادی (oblique singular)
دادِیوں (oblique plural)
دادی (singular vocative)
دادِیو (plural vocative)

Feminine of دادا (dādā), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀤𑀸𑀤𑁆𑀤- (*dādda-). First attested in c. 1635 as Middle Hindi دادی (dādī)ِ.


نانی

نانی • (nānī) f (masculine نانا (nānā), Hindi spelling नानी)

nānī (romanization)
نانا (masculine)
नानी (Hindi)
نانی (direct singular)
نانِیاں (direct plural)
نانی (oblique singular)
نانِیوں (oblique plural)
نانی (singular vocative)
نانِیو (plural vocative)

maternal grandmother
maternal grandmother


بھیا

بَھیَّا • (bhayyā) m (Hindi spelling भैया)

بَھیَّا (canonical)
bhayyā (romanization)
भैया (Hindi)
بَھیّا (direct singular)
بَھیّا (direct plural)
بَھیّا (oblique singular)
بَھیّاؤں (oblique plural)
بَھیّا (singular vocative)
بَھیّاؤ (plural vocative)

Diminutive of بھائی (bhā'ī, “brother”), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).

term of address for any male older than oneself


شریک سفر

ur-adj

شَرِیکِ سَفْر

شَرِیکِ سَفْر • (śarīk-i safr) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling शरीक-ए-सफ़्र)

شَرِیکِ سَفْر (canonical)
śarīk-i safr (romanization)
शरीक-ए-सफ़्र (Hindi)

From شریک (śarīk, “participant; associate”) + ِ (i, “izafat construction”) + سفر (safr, “journey”), literally “an associate in a journey”.


سسر

ur-noun

سَسُر or سُسَر • (sasur or susar) m (feminine سُسَری (susarī), Hindi spelling ससुर or सुसर)

سَسُر (canonical)
سُسَر (canonical)
sasur (romanization)
susar (romanization)
سُسَری (feminine)
ससुर (Hindi)
सुसर (Hindi)
سَسُر (direct singular)
سَسُر (direct plural)
سَسُر (oblique singular)
سَسُروں (oblique plural)
سَسُر (singular vocative)
سَسُرو (plural vocative)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀲𑀼𑀭 (susura), from Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swáśuras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swáćuras, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros. Doublet of خُسَر (xusar). Cognate with Punjabi سَوہرا (sauhrā), Saraiki سَوہرا (sauhrā), Sindhi سَهُرو (sahuro), Burushaski [script needed] (šūšur), Kalasha [script needed] (išpášur), Khowar اِشپاشُور (išpašúr), Torwali شأژو (šλẓo) and far cognate with Pashto سخر (/sxr/).

cog

Khowar اِشپاشُور (išpašúr)


ماموں

ur-noun

مامُوں • (māmū̃) m (feminine مامی (māmī) or مُمانی (mumānī), Hindi spelling मामूँ)

مامُوں (canonical)
māmū̃ (romanization)
مامی (feminine)
مُمانی (feminine)
मामूँ (Hindi)
مامُوں جان (alternative)

From مامُو (māmū), an endearing diminutive of ماما (māmā), from Sanskrit माम (māma), itself Proto-Dravidian *māma.


بالم

بالَم (canonical)
bālam (romanization)
बालम (Hindi)

Inherited from Sanskrit वल्लभतम (vallabhatama). Cognate with Gujarati વાલમ (vālam).


پوتا

ur-noun

پوتا • (potā) m (feminine پوتی (potī), Hindi spelling पोता)

potā (romanization)
پوتی (feminine)
पोता (Hindi)
پوتا (direct singular)
پوتے (direct plural)
پوتے (oblique singular)
پوتوں (oblique plural)
پوتے (singular vocative)
پوتو (plural vocative)

Inherited from Middle Hindi پوتا (pvta), from Prakrit *𑀧𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀅 (*pŏttaa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀧𑁄𑀢𑀓 (potaka /pottaka/), from Sanskrit पौत्र (paútra) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).


بہو

بَہُو (canonical)
bahū (romanization)
बहू (Hindi)
بَہُو (direct singular)
بَہُویں (direct plural)
بَہُو (oblique singular)
بَہُووں (oblique plural)
بَہُو (singular vocative)
بَہُوو (plural vocative)

→ English: bahu

Inherited from Middle Hindi بهو (bhv /bahū/) (c. 1609),, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū), 𑀯𑀥𑀽 (vadhū), from Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́).

ref

“بہو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Platts, John T. (1884) “بہو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 194

S. W. Fallon (1879) “بُـﮩو”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 303

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

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


ناتی

ur-noun

ناتی • (nātī) m (feminine ناتِن (nātin), Hindi spelling नाती)

nātī (romanization)
ناتِن (feminine)
नाती (Hindi)
ناتی (direct singular)
ناتی (direct plural)
ناتی (oblique singular)
ناتِیوں (oblique plural)
ناتی (singular vocative)
ناتِیو (plural vocative)

Inherited from Middle Hindi ناتی (naty /nātī/), from Apabhramsa णत्तिअ (ṇattia), from Old Hindi नांती (nāṃtī /nā̃tī/), from Prakrit 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (ṇattia), from Sanskrit नप्तृ (naptṛ) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

inh+

Coordinate term: پوتا (potā, “son's son”)


جٹھانی

ur-noun

جِٹھانی • (jiṭhānī) f (masculine جیٹھ (jeṭh), Hindi spelling जिठानी)

جِٹھانی (canonical)
jiṭhānī (romanization)
جیٹھ (masculine)
जिठानी (Hindi)
جِٹھانی (direct singular)
جِٹھانِیاں (direct plural)
جِٹھانی (oblique singular)
جِٹھانِیوں (oblique plural)
جِٹھانی (singular vocative)
جِٹھانِیو (plural vocative)
جیٹھانی (alternative)

/d͡ʒɪ.ʈʰɑː.niː/

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀻 (jiṭṭhāṇī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ-जानि (jyeṣṭha-jāni).

inh

Prakrit 𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀻 (jiṭṭhāṇī)

inh

ज्येष्ठ-जानि


بہنوئی

ur-noun

بَہْنوئِی • (bahnoī) m (Hindi spelling बहनोई)

بَہْنوئِی (canonical)
bahnoī (romanization)
बहनोई (Hindi)
بَہْنوئی (direct singular)
بَہْنوئی (direct plural)
بَہْنوئی (oblique singular)
بَہْنوئِیوں (oblique plural)
بَہْنوئی (singular vocative)
بَہْنوئِیو (plural vocative)

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀩𑀳𑀺𑀡𑀯𑀇 (*bahiṇavaï), from Sanskrit भगिनीपति (bhaginīpati), from भगिनी (bhaginī, “sister”) + पति (páti, “husband”).


نندوئی

ur-noun

نَنْدوئِی • (nandoī) m (feminine نَنْد (nand), Hindi spelling नंदोई)

نَنْدوئِی (canonical)
nandoī (romanization)
نَنْد (feminine)
नंदोई (Hindi)
نَنْدوئی (direct singular)
نَنْدوئی (direct plural)
نَنْدوئی (oblique singular)
نَنْدوئِیوں (oblique plural)
نَنْدوئی (singular vocative)
نَنْدوئِیو (plural vocative)
نَنْدوسی (alternative)

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀡𑀡𑀁𑀤𑀯𑀇 (*ṇaṇaṃdavaï) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit ननान्दृपति (nanāndṛpati).

inh+

نَنْد نند#Urdu

husband of husband's sister – masculine of نَنْد (nand, “husband's sister”)


دیورانی

ur-noun

دیوْرَانی • (devrānī) f (Hindi spelling देवरानी)

دیوْرَانی (canonical)
devrānī (romanization)
देवरानी (Hindi)
دیوْرَانی (direct singular)
دیوْرَانِیاں (direct plural)
دیوْرَانی (oblique singular)
دیوْرَانِیوں (oblique plural)
دیوْرَانی (singular vocative)
دیوْرَانِیو (plural vocative)

ur-decl-noun

دیوْرَانِیاں

دیوْرَانِیوں

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀻 (devarāṇī), from Sanskrit देवरजानी (devarajānī).

inh+

دیوَر دیور#Urdu

wife of husband's younger brother (sister-in-law) – feminine of دیوَر (devar)


بھینا

ur-noun

بَھینا • (bhainā) f (Hindi spelling भैना)

بَھینا (canonical)
bhainā (romanization)
भैना (Hindi)
بَھینا (direct singular)
بَھینائیں (direct plural)
بَھینا (oblique singular)
بَھیناؤں (oblique plural)
بَھینا (singular vocative)
بَھیناؤ (plural vocative)


بھینا

بِھینا • (bhīnā) m (Hindi spelling भीना)

بِھینا (canonical)
bhīnā (romanization)
भीना (Hindi)
بِھینا (direct singular)
بِھینے (direct plural)
بِھینے (oblique singular)
بِھینوں (oblique plural)
بِھینے (singular vocative)
بِھینو (plural vocative)

بَہْنوئِی بہنوئی#Urdu

Alternative form of بَہْنوئِی (bahnoī, “brother-in-law, sister's husband”)


سسری

سُسْری • (susrī) f (masculine سُسَر (susar), Hindi spelling ससुरी)

سُسْری (canonical)
susrī (romanization)
سُسَر (masculine)
ससुरी (Hindi)
سُسْری (direct singular)
سُسْرِیاں (direct plural)
سُسْری (oblique singular)
سُسْرِیوں (oblique plural)
سُسْری (singular vocative)
سُسْرِیو (plural vocative)

Feminine of سُسَر (susar, “father-in-law”), inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀲𑀼𑀭 (susura), from Sanskrit श्वशुर (śváśura).

inh+

ساس ساس#Urdu

(mildly vulgar) Synonym of ساس (sās, “mother-in-law”)


ممانی

ur-noun

مُمانی • (mumānī) f (Hindi spelling मुमानी)

مُمانی (canonical)
mumānī (romanization)
मुमानी (Hindi)
مُمانی (direct singular)
مُمانِیاں (direct plural)
مُمانی (oblique singular)
مُمانِیوں (oblique plural)
مُمانی (singular vocative)
مُمانِیو (plural vocative)
مامی (alternative)

From مامُوں (māmū̃, “maternal uncle; mother's brother”) + ـَانی (-ānī).

suffix

wife of mother's brother (maternal aunt).


سوتن

ur-noun

سَوتَن • (sautan) f (Hindi spelling सौतन)

سَوتَن (canonical)
sautan (romanization)
सौतन (Hindi)
سَوتَن (direct singular)
سَوتَنیں (direct plural)
سَوتَن (oblique singular)
سَوتَنوں (oblique plural)
سَوتَن (singular vocative)
سَوتَنو (plural vocative)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-Iranian *sa-
Proto-Indo-European *pótis
Proto-Indo-European *-nih₂
Proto-Indo-European *pótnih₂
Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátniH
Proto-Indo-Iranian *sapátniH
Sanskrit सपत्नी (sapatnī)
Prakrit 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 (savattī)
Prakrit 𑀇𑀡 (iṇa)
Prakrit 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀡𑀻 (savattiṇī)
Urdu سَوتَن (sautan)
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀡𑀻 (savattiṇī). Doublet of سَوت (saut) and سَوکَن (saukan).

etymon

سَوتَن

ref

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sapátnī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 760


بھابی

bhābī (romanization)
भाभी (Hindi)
بھابی (direct singular)
بھابِیاں (direct plural)
بھابی (oblique singular)
بھابِیوں (oblique plural)
بھابی (singular vocative)
بھابِیو (plural vocative)
بھابھی (alternative)

Inherited from Middle Hindi بھابی (bhaby /bhābī/) (c. 1697) and Middle Hindi بھابھی (bhabhy /bhābhī/), from Prakrit *𑀪𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀪 (*bhābbha), from baby talk. Cognate with Punjabi بھابی (bhābī).

ref

“بھابی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

onomatopoeic

baby talk

ref

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


ممی

مَمی (canonical)
mamī (romanization)
ममी (Hindi)
مَمی (direct singular)
مَمِیاں (direct plural)
مَمی (oblique singular)
مَمِیوں (oblique plural)
مَمی (singular vocative)
مَمِیو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English mummy. Doublet of مومِیا (momiyā).


ہم زلف

ur-noun

ہَم زُلْف • (ham zulf) m (Hindi spelling हम-ज़ुल्फ़)

ہَم زُلْف (canonical)
ham zulf (romanization)
हम-ज़ुल्फ़ (Hindi)
ہَم زُلْف (direct singular)
ہَم زُلْف (direct plural)
ہَم زُلْف (oblique singular)
ہَم زُلْفوں (oblique plural)
ہَم زُلْف (singular vocative)
ہَم زُلْفو (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Classical Persian هَم زُلْف (ham zulf). By surface analysis, ہَم (ham) + زُلْف (zulf).

surf

brother-in-law – sister-in-law's husband (husband of wife's sister)


دلہن

ur-noun

دُلْہَن • (dulhan) f (Hindi spelling दुल्हन)

دُلْہَن (canonical)
dulhan (romanization)
दुल्हन (Hindi)
دُلْہَن (direct singular)
دُلْہَنیں (direct plural)
دُلْہَن (oblique singular)
دُلْہَنوں (oblique plural)
دُلْہَن (singular vocative)
دُلْہَنو (plural vocative)

Feminine of دُلْہا (dulhā, “bridegroom”).


دولہا

ur-noun

دُولْہا • (dūlhā) m (feminine دُلْہَن (dulhan), Hindi spelling दूल्हा)

دُولْہا (canonical)
dūlhā (romanization)
دُلْہَن (feminine)
दूल्हा (Hindi)
دُولْہا (direct singular)
دُولْہے (direct plural)
دُولْہے (oblique singular)
دُولْہوں (oblique plural)
دُولْہے (singular vocative)
دُولْہو (plural vocative)
دُلْہا (alternative)

Etymology tree
Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀳 (dullaha)
Urdu دُولْہا (dūlhā)
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀳 (dullaha), ultimately from Sanskrit दुर्लभक (durlabhaka, literally "hard to attain or gain"), from दुर्- (dur-, “hardly”) + लभक (labhaka, “attained”), itself a compound of the root लभ् (labh, “to gain, attain”) + -क (-ka, adjectival suffix from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas).

etymon

دُولْہا