سسر

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Urdu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀲𑀼𑀭 (susura), from Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swáśuras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swáćuras, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros. Doublet of خُسَر (xusar). Cognate with Punjabi سَوہرا (sauhrā), Saraiki سَوہرا (sauhrā), Sindhi سَهُرو (sahuro), Burushaski (šūšur), Kalasha (išpášur), Khowar اِشپاشُور (išpašúr), Torwali شأژو (šλẓo) and far cognate with Pashto سخر (/⁠sxr⁠/).

Pronunciation

Noun

سَسُر or سُسَر (sasur or susarm (feminine سُسَری (susarī), Hindi spelling ससुर or सुसर)

  1. father-in-law
    Synonym: خُسَر (xusar)
Declension
    Declension of سسر
singular plural
direct سَسُر (sasur) سَسُر (sasur)
oblique سَسُر (sasur) سَسُروں (sasurõ)
vocative سَسُر (sasur) سَسُرو (sasuro)

Further reading

  • سسر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śváśura”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Sanskrit शिशिर (śiśira), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

سِسِر (sisir) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling सिसिर) (rare)

  1. cold

Noun

سِسِر (sisirf (Hindi spelling सिसिर)

  1. the winter season of Magh and Phagan.
Declension
    Declension of سسر
singular plural
direct سِسِر (sisir) سِسِریں (sisirẽ)
oblique سِسِر (sisir) سِسِروں (sisirõ)
vocative سِسِر (sisir) سِسِرو (sisiro)

Further reading

  • سسر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śíśira”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

References

  • سسر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سسر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “سسر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “سسر”, 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