جیٹھ

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Punjabi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞 (jĕṭṭha), from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ (jyḗṣṭha).[1] Cognate with Kachchi જેઠ (jeṭh) and Sindhi ڄيٺُ (j̄eṭhu).

Noun

جیٹھ • (jeṭh) m (feminine جِٹھانی, Gurmukhi spelling ਜੇਠ)

  1. brother-in-law (husband's elder brother)
    Synonym: دیوَر (deyoar)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞 (jĕṭṭha), from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha).[2] Cognate with Kachchi જેઠ (jeṭh) and Sindhi ڄيٺُ (j̄eṭhu).

Proper noun

جیٹھ • (jeṭh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜੇਠ)

  1. Jyeshta (of the Nanakshahi and Hindu calendar)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jyḗṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 291
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jyaiṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 291

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جیٹھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “جیٹھ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • “ਜੇਠ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞 (jeṭṭha, “elder brother”), from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha, “eldest brother, first, chief”).[1]

Noun

جیٹھ • (jeṭh) m (feminine جِٹھانی (jiṭhānī), Hindi spelling जेठ)

  1. husband's elder brother
Declension
Declension of جیٹھ
singular plural
direct جیٹھ (jeṭh) جیٹھ (jeṭh)
oblique جیٹھ (jeṭh) جیٹھوں (jeṭhõ)
vocative جیٹھ (jeṭh) جیٹھو (jeṭho)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞 (jĕṭṭha), from Sanskrit ज्यैष्ठ (jyaiṣṭha).[2] Cognate with Kachchi જેઠ (jeṭh) and Sindhi ڄيٺُ (j̄eṭhu).

Proper noun

جیٹھ • (jeṭh) m (Hindi spelling जेठ)

  1. Jyeshta; the third month of the Nanakshahi and Hindu calendar

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jyḗṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 291
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jyaiṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 291

Further reading

More information
  • “جیٹھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “جیٹھ”, 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) “جیٹھ”, 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
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