بھرجائی
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀚𑀸𑀬𑀸 (bhāujāyā) / भाउजाय़ा / 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀇𑀬𑀸 (bhāujjāiyā), from Sanskrit भ्रातुर्जाया (bhrāturjāyā). By surface analysis, بھائی (bhā'ī) + جاؤ (jā'o).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: pàrjāyī, IPA(key): /pə˨ɾᵊ.d͡ʒäː.jiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
بَھرْجائی • (bharjā'ī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਰਜਾਈ)
- sister-in-law (brother's wife)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بَھرْجائی (bharjā'ī) | بَھرْجائِیاں |
| oblique | بَھرْجائی (bharjā'ī) | بَھرْجائِیاں |
| vocative | بَھرْجائئِیے | بَھرْجائِیو (bharjā'īv) |
| ablative | بَھرْجائِیوں (bharjā'īvṉ) | — |
| locative | بَھرْجائے (bharjā'e) | بَھرْجائِیں (bharjā'īṉ) |
| instrumental | — | — |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “بھرجائی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
- “بھرجائی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhrāturjāyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 551