जोइ पोइ

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Nepali

Etymology

Dvandva compound of जोइ (joi) +‎ पोइ (poi), literally husband and wife.

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic Devanagari: जोइ पोइ

Noun

जोइ पोइ (joi poi)

  1. married couple
    Synonym: पति-पत्नी (pati-patnī)

Further reading

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