জোঁৱাই

Assamese

Alternative forms

  • জাঙই (zaṅoi), জঙাই (zoṅai)

Etymology

From Old Assamese জমাই (jomai), জামাই (jamai), from Sanskrit জামাতৃ (jāmātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵāmātā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeme. Compare Sylheti ꠎꠣꠝꠣꠁ (zamai), Hindustani جمائی / जमाई (jamāī), Punjabi ਜਮਾਈ (jamāē), Gujarati જમાઈ (jamāī), Nepali जुवाँइ (juwā̃i), Marathi जावई (jāvaī), Konkani जांवै (zā̃vai).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zʊ.̃aɪ/

Noun

জোঁৱাই (zü̃ai)

  1. son-in-law

Declension

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