শ্বশুর

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Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swáśuras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swáćuras, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros. Cognate with Hindustani سسر / ससुर (sasur).

Pronunciation

  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃoʃuɹ/,
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Noun

শ্বশুর (śśośur)

  1. father-in-law
    Antonym: শাশুড়ি (śaśuṛi)

Inflection

Inflection of শ্বশুর
nominative শ্বশুর
śśośur
objective শ্বশুরকে
śśośur (semantically general or indefinite) / śśośurke (semantically definite)
genitive শ্বশুরের
śśośurer
Indefinite forms
nominative শ্বশুর
śśośur
objective শ্বশুরকে
śśośur (semantically general or indefinite) / śśośurke (semantically definite)
genitive শ্বশুরের
śśośurer
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative শ্বশুরটা, শ্বশুরটি
śśośurṭa (colloquial), śśośurṭi (formal)
শ্বশুরেরা
śśośurera
objective শ্বশুরটাকে, শ্বশুরটিকে
śśośurṭake (colloquial), śśośurṭike (formal)
শ্বশুরদের(কে)
śśośurder(ke)
genitive শ্বশুরটার, শ্বশুরটির
śśośurṭar (colloquial), śśośurṭir (formal)
শ্বশুরদের
śśośurder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms