سسری
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Etymology
Feminine of سَسُر (sasur, “father-in-law”), inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀲𑀼𑀭 (susura), from Sanskrit श्वशुर (śváśura).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sə.sʊ.ɾiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: سَ‧سُ‧ری
Noun
سَسُری or سُسْری • (sasurī or susrī) f (male equivalent سسرا, Hindi spelling ससुरी)
- (mildly vulgar) synonym of ساس (sās, “mother-in-law”)
- (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, slang, derogatory, mildly vulgar) bitch, bastardess (a term of abuse)
- کاٹو، سَسُری ― kāṭo, sasurī ― Piss off, bitch
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | سَسُری (sasurī) | سَسُرِیاں (sasuriyā̃) |
| oblique | سَسُری (sasurī) | سَسُرِیوں (sasuriyō̃) |
| vocative | سَسُری (sasurī) | سَسُرِیو (sasuriyō) |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śváśura”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 739
Further reading
More information
- “سسری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “سسری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “سسر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 379
- Platts, John T. (1884), “سسري”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 660
- Fallon, S. W. (1879), “سسری”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.