بھرجائی

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀚𑀸𑀬𑀸 (bhāujāyā) / भाउजाय़ा / 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀇𑀬𑀸 (bhāujjāiyā), from Sanskrit भ्रातुर्जाया (bhrāturjāyā). By surface analysis, بھائی (bhā'ī) +‎ جاؤ (jā'o).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: pàrjāyī, IPA^(key): /pə˨ɾᵊ.d͡ʒäː.jiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

بَھرْجائی • (bharjā'ī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਰਜਾਈ)

1. sister-in-law (brother's wife)

Declension

Declension of بھرجائی

	singular	plural
direct	بَھرْجائی (bharjā'ī)	بَھرْجائِیاں
oblique	بَھرْجائی (bharjā'ī)	بَھرْجائِیاں
vocative	بَھرْجائِیے (bharjā'iye)	بَھرْجائِیو (bharjā'īv)
ablative	بَھرْجائِیوں (bharjā'īvṉ)	بَھرْجائِیاں
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھرجائی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “بھرجائی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhrāturjāyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 551