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Varhadi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘥𑘰𑘄𑘕𑘰𑘃 (bhāujāī), from Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀚𑀸𑀬𑀸 (bhāujāyā) / भाउजाय़ा / ಭಾಉಜಾಯ಼ಾ (bhāujāẏā), 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀇𑀬𑀸 (bhāujjāiyā) / भाउज्जाइय़ा / ಭಾಉಜ್ಜಾಇಯ಼ಾ (bhāujjāiẏā), from Sanskrit भ्रातुर्जाया (bhrāturjāyā). Cognate with Marathi भावज़य (bhāvj̈ay), Gujarati ભોજાઈ (bhojāī), Ahirani भावजयी (bhāvjayī), Hindustani بھاوَج (bhāvaj) / भावज (bhāvaj), بَھوجَائِی (bhaujāī) / भौजाई (bhaujāī)، Malvi भोजई (bhojaī), Odia ଭାଉଜ (bhāuja), Sindhi ڀاڄائِي / भाॼाई / 𑋖𑋠𑋃𑋠𑊳 (bhāj̄āī), Punjabi ਭਰਜਾਈ (bharjāī) / بھرجائی (bhrjā'ī), Gojri بھرجائی (bharjāī), Nepali भाउजु (bhāuju), Maithili भाउजि / 𑒦𑒰𑒅𑒖𑒱 (bhāuji), Phalura bhraaǰái / بھراجئیۡ.
Noun
भावजई (bhāvjaī) f
- older brother's wife
मोठी भावजई आपल्या मायवानीच रायते.- moṭhī bhāvjaī āplyā māyvānīc rāyte.
Further reading
- विठ्ठल वाघ [Vitthal Wagh], रावसाहेब काळे (2021) “भावजई(य)”, in वऱ्हाडी शब्दकोश [Varhadi Dictionary] (in Marathi), volume 2, एल्फिन्स्टन तांत्रिक विद्यालय इमारत, ३, महापालिका मार्ग, धोबीतलाव, मुंबई ४०० ००१ : राज्य मराठी विकास संस्था , →ISBN, page 124, column 2.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhrāturjāyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 551