دیور

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit देवर (devara); see there for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دیوَر (deyoarm (Gurmukhi spelling ਦੇਵਰ)

  1. husband's younger brother, brother-in-law
    Synonym: جیٹھ (jeṭh)

References

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  • دیور”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Middle Hindi دیور (dyvr) (c. 1647),[1] from Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀭 (devara),[2] from Sanskrit देवर (devará),[3] 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.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    دیوَر (devarm (feminine دیوْرَانی (devrānī), Hindi spelling देवर)

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

    Declension

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        Declension of دیور
    singular plural
    direct دیوَر (devar) دیوَر (devar)
    oblique دیوَر (devar) دیوَروں (devarō̃)
    vocative دیوَر (devar) دیوَرو (devarō)

    References

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    1. ^ دیور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dēvŕ̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 374
    3. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “ديور”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 560

    Further reading

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