जाऊ

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Marathi

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Etymology

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PIE word
*h₁yenh₂tēr

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀉𑀬𑀸 (jāuyā), from Sanskrit यातृ (yā́tṛ). Compare Konkani जाव (jāv), Odia ଜା (), Bengali জা (ja), Assamese জা (za).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡zau/, [d͡zauː]

Noun

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जाऊ (j̈āūf

  1. co-sister-in-law (the wife of one's husband's brother)

Further reading

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  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “जाऊ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “जाऊ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “जाऊ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yāˊtr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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जाऊ (jāū)

  1. second-person mid respect singular present imperative of जानु (jānu)