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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀩𑀳𑀺𑀡𑀯𑀇 (*bahiṇavaï), from Sanskrit भगिनीपति (bhaginīpati), from भगिनी (bhaginī, “sister”) + पति (páti, “husband”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
بَہْنوئِی • (bahnoī) m (Hindi spelling बहनोई)
- brother-in-law; sister's husband
- Synonym: جِیجا (jījā)
Declension
Declension of بہنوئی
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singular
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plural
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direct
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بَہْنوئی (bahnoī)
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بَہْنوئی (bahnoī)
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oblique
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بَہْنوئی (bahnoī)
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بَہْنوئِیوں (bahnoiyõ)
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vocative
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بَہْنوئی (bahnoī)
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بَہْنوئِیو (bahnoiyo)
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References
Further reading
More information
- “بہنوئی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بہنوئی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بہنوئی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “بـﮩنوئي”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 300
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