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English
Etymology
From co- + wife.
Pronunciation
Noun
co-wife (plural co-wives)
- In a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman’s husband.
- Coordinate term: co-husband
1892, Kipling & Balestier, Naulahka, page 247:If a co-wife had sought the lives of those three of thine.
1990, Syed A. A. Razwy, Khadija-tul-Kubra (the Wife of the Prophet Muhammed) May Allah be Pleased with Her: A Short Story of Her Life), page 165:In fact, [Ayesha] was more jealous of Khadija, the dead wife, than she was of any of her living co-wives.
2000, Marjorie Shostak, Nisa, the life and words of a ǃKung woman, page 152:If the senior wife decides to make life unbearable for her co-wife and their husband, she is likely to succeed in forcing the newcomer to leave.
2008, Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen, Polygamy: a cross-cultural analysis, page 32:In other words, polygamous societies differ markedly with regards to allowing kin, especially sisters, to become co-wives. Sororal polygamy is practised in some societies because it is believed to foster greater cohesiveness among co-wives sharing values and norms, whereas it is specifically forbidden in other polygamous societies.
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Translations
in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband
- Albanian: shemër (sq) f
- Arabic: ضَرَّة f (ḍarra), جَارة f (jāra)
- Aramaic:
- Hebrew: עָרְתָא f (ʿārəṯā)
- Syriac: ܥܲܪܬܼܵܐ f (ʿarrəṯā)
- Assamese: সতিনী (xotini)
- Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍 (hapaθnī)
- Bengali: সপত্নী (bn) (śopotni), সতিন (bn) (śotin) (archaic, dialectal)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 媵 (zh) (yìng)
- Eastern Maninkakan: sìna
- Esperanto: kunedzino, boedzino (eo)
- Finnish: sisarvaimo (fi)
- French: coépouse (fr) f, co-épouse (fr) f, sœur-épouse f
- Fula:
- Pulaar: nawliraaɗo
- Pular: siinaa, nawlan
- Gujarati: શોકય f (śokya), શોક f (śok), સપત્ની f (sapatnī)
- Hausa: kīshìyā f
- Hebrew: צָרָה (he) f (tsará)
- Hindi: सौत (hi) f (saut), सौतन (hi) f (sautan)
- Inupiaq: nuliiraq
- Kikuyu: mũiru class 1
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: hewî (ku) f
- Malay: madu (ms)
- Marathi: सवत f (savat), सपत्नी f (sapatnī)
- Nupe: tsudò
- Odia: ସଉତୁଣୀ (or) (sautuṇi), ସପତ୍ନୀ (sapatni)
- Pashto: بن (ps) f (bən)
- Persian: هوو (fa) (havu), بنانج (banânj)
- Phoenician: 𐤑𐤓𐤕 f (ṣrt)
- Punjabi: ਸੌਂਕਣ f (sauṅkaṇ)
- Russian: втора́я жена́ (vtorája žená) (second wife), тре́тья жена́ (trétʹja žená) (third wife, etc.)
- Sanskrit: सपत्नी (sa) f (sapatnī)
- Spanish: coesposa
- Swahili: mke mwenza
- Tajik: палонҷ (palonj)
- Turkish: kuma (tr), ortak (tr)
- Urdu: سَوتَن f (sautan), سَوت f (saut), سَوکَن f (saukan)
- Vietnamese: vợ bé (vi)
- Ye'kwana: öiyaato
- Yoruba: orogún
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