जेठानी

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नानी नाना दादी दादा मामी मामा मौसा मौसी माता पिता ताऊ ताई बुआ फूफा चाचा चाची भांजा भांजी जीजा दीदी बहनोई बहन भैया भाभी भाई भौजाई भतीजा भतीजी जेठानी जेठ नंदोई ननद देवरानी देवर साला सलहज साली साढ़ू साला सलहज पति पत्नी समधी समधिन बहू बेटा पोता पोती बेटी दामाद जमाई नाती नातिन समधी समधिन
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• जिठानी (jiṭhānī)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀻 (jiṭṭhāṇī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit *ज्येष्ठजानि (jyeṣṭhajāni).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeː.ʈʰɑː.niː/,

जेठानी • (jeṭhānī) f (masculine जेठ, Urdu spelling جیٹھانی)

1. husband's elder brother's wife

• जेठ (jeṭh)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जेठानी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “जेठानी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जेठानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jeṭhānī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 291

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀻 (jiṭṭhāṇī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit *ज्येष्ठजानि (jyeṣṭhajāni).

• IPA^(key):
• Phonetic Devanagari: जेठानि

जेठानी • (jeṭhānī) f

1. husband's elder brother's wife; sister-in-law

• Husband's elder brother's wife is addressed as दिदी but जेठानी is used only when referring to as.

• “जेठानी”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “जेठानी”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jeṭhānī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 291