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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀻 (jiṭṭhāṇī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ-जानि (jyeṣṭha-jāni).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
جِٹھانی • (jiṭhānī) f (masculine جیٹھ (jeṭh), Hindi spelling जिठानी)
- husband's elder brother's wife
Declension
| Declension of جٹھانی
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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جِٹھانی (jiṭhānī)
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جِٹھانِیاں (jiṭhāniyā̃)
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| oblique
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جِٹھانی (jiṭhānī)
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جِٹھانِیوں (jiṭhāniyō̃)
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| vocative
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جِٹھانی (jiṭhānī)
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جِٹھانِیو (jiṭhāniyō)
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References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jyēṣṭhajāni”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 291
- ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “جٿهاني”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 615
Further reading
More information
- “جٹھانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “جٹھانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جٹهانی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 226
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “جتَهاني”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 470
- John Shakespear (1834) “جٹھانی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
