जोइ

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Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit जुवइ (juvaï), जुअई (juaī), from Sanskrit युवति (yuvatí, young woman).[1] Cognate with Hindustani جوئی (joī) / जोई (joī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Phonetic Devanagari: जोइ

Noun

जोइ (joif

  1. wife
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:जोइ

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yuvati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 607

Further reading

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “जोइ”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 223
  • जोई”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018, page 472, column 1

Prakrit

Adjective

जोइ (joi) (Kannada ಜೋಇ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

  1. Devanagari script form of 𑀚𑁄𑀇

Noun

जोइ (joim (Kannada ಜೋಇ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

  1. Devanagari script form of 𑀚𑁄𑀇