వదిన

See also: వేదన and వదనం

Telugu

Alternative forms

వదినె (vadine), వదినియ (vadiniya)

Etymology

Compare with Marathi वहिनी (vahinī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋad̪ina/

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Noun

వదిన • (vadina) f (plural వదినలు)

1. An elder sister-in-law.
2. An elder brother's wife.
3. A husband's or wife's elder sister, whether older or younger than oneself (though always older in the former case according to the Hindu custom, the husband being always older than the wife).
4. A paternal aunt's or maternal uncle's daughter, older than oneself.

References

•  "వదినె" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 1134