হউর

Bengali

Alternative forms

• শউর (śour), শউরা (śoura)
• শ্বশুর (śôśur) — Standard

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swáśuras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swáćuras, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros. Cognate with Hindustani سسر / ससुर (sasur).

Pronunciation

• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /hou̯ɾ/, [hou̯ɾ], [hou̯ɹ]

Noun

হউর • (hour) (Vanga)

1. father-in-law

   Antonym: হউরি (houri)

Derived terms

• দাদাহউর (dadahôur)