भिनाजु

Nepali

Alternative forms

• भिनाज्यू (bhinājyū)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʱi̤nä(d)zu]
• Phonetic Devanagari: भिनाजु

Noun

भिनाजु • (bhināju) m

1. a father's sister's husband; an uncle

   Synonyms: फुपाजु (phupāju), फुपाज्यू (phupājyū)

2. elder sister's husband; brother-in-law

   Synonyms: भेना (bhenā), भिना (bhinā)

Declension

Declension of भिनाजु
	Singular	Plural
nominative	भिनाजु [bʱinä(d)zu]	भिनाजुहरू [bʱinä(d)zuʌɾu]
accusative	भिनाजुलाई [bʱinä(d)zuläi]	भिनाजुहरूलाई [bʱinä(d)zuʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	भिनाजुले [bʱinä(d)zule]	भिनाजुहरूले [bʱinä(d)zuʌɾule]
dative	भिनाजुलाई [bʱinä(d)zuläi]	भिनाजुहरूलाई [bʱinä(d)zuʌɾuläi]
ablative	भिनाजुबाट [bʱinä(d)zubäʈʌ]	भिनाजुहरूबाट [bʱinä(d)zuʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	भिनाजुको [bʱinä(d)zuko]	भिनाजुहरूको [bʱinä(d)zuʌɾuko]
locative	भिनाजुमा [bʱinä(d)zumä]	भिनाजुहरूमा [bʱinä(d)zuʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

• “भिनाजु”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “भिनाजु”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar