𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽

Inherited from Sanskrit श्वश्रू (śvaśrū́), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swaśrúH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swaćrúH, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂. Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀼𑀏 (sāsue), Pali sassū.

𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (sāsū) f (Devanagari सासू, Kannada ಸಾಸೂ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. mother-in-law
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 493:

     𑀅𑀇𑀓𑁄𑀯𑀡𑀸-𑀯𑀺 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 𑀭𑀼𑀆𑀯𑀺𑀆 𑀕𑀅𑀯𑀈𑀅 𑀲𑁄𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀏
     𑀧𑀸𑀅𑀧𑀟𑀡𑁄𑀡𑀆𑀏 𑀤𑁄𑀲𑀼-𑀯𑀺 𑀕𑀮𑀺𑀏𑀲𑀼 𑀯𑀮𑀏𑀲𑀼.

     aïkovaṇā-vi sāsū ruāviā gaavaīa sŏṇhāe
     pāapaḍaṇoṇaāe dosu-vi galiesu valaesu.

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       Even her harsh mother-in-law was moved to tears when both the girl’s bracelets
       slipped off as she fell at her feet, so long had her husband been abroad.

• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: सासु (sāsu)

  Modi script: 𑘭𑘰𑘭𑘳 (sāsu)

  • Marathi: सासू (sāsū)

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 63
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śvaśrūˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press