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جٹھانی

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Urdu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀻 (jiṭṭhāṇī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ-जानि (jyeṣṭha-jāni).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. husband's elder brother's wife

Declension

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Declension of جٹھانی
singular plural
direct جِٹھانی (jiṭhānī) جِٹھانِیاں (jiṭhāniyā̃)
oblique جِٹھانی (jiṭhānī) جِٹھانِیوں (jiṭhāniyō̃)
vocative جِٹھانی (jiṭhānī) جِٹھانِیو (jiṭhāniyō)

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jyēṣṭhajāni”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 291
  2. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “جٿهاني”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 615

Further reading

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More information
  • “جٹھانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “جٹھانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جٹهانی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 226
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “جتَهاني”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 470
  • John Shakespear (1834) “جٹھانی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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