स्वास्नी

Nepali

Alternative forms

• स्वास्नि (svāsni)

Etymology

From Sanskrit सुवासिनी (suvāsinī, “married woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [swä.sni]
• Phonetic Devanagari: स्वास्नि

Noun

स्वास्नी • (svāsnī) f

1. wife

   Synonyms: बुढी (buḍhī), बूढी (būḍhī), श्रीमती (śrīmatī)

References

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