जाव

Konkani

Etymology

From Sanskrit यातृ (yātṛ), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yenh₂tēr (“co-sister-in-law”). Cognate with Marathi जाऊ (jāū), Persian جاری (jâri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zɑːʋ]

Noun

जाव • (zāv) f (Latin script zav, Kannada script ಜಾವ)

1. co-sister-in-law (the wife of one's husband's brother)

References

• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎^[1]
• Madhavi Sardesai (2006) A Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Study of Lexical Influences on Konkani‎^[2], Goa University (doctoral thesis)