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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀲𑀼𑀭 (sasura), from Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swáćuras, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros (“father-in-law”). Cognate with Urdu سُسَر (susar).
Pronunciation
Noun
سَوہْرا • (sauhrā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਹੁਰਾ)
- father-in-law
- Coordinate term: سَسّ (sass, “mother-in-law”)
- (in the plural) father-in-laws (family / house)
Declension
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سَوہرا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “سَوہرا”, in پنجابی لغت (in Punjabi), Pakistan: Center for Language Engineering, (Can we date this quote?).
- “ਸਹੁਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śváśura”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 739