देवन्
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- woman's brother-in-law, husband's brother
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *daHiwā́ inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daHiwā́ inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (brother-in-law, husbands brother, husband's brother, one's brother-in-law).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dayh₂wḗr
Gloss
brother-in-law, husbands brother, husband's brother, one's brother-in-law
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- levir English
- leviratical English
- levir Latin
- lēvir Latin
- δαήρ Ancient Greek
- δᾱήρ Ancient Greek
- *dayh₂wḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *taikuraz Proto-Germanic
- देवर Sanskrit
- देवृ Sanskrit
- *děverь Proto-Slavic
- دایی Ottoman Turkish
- *daHiwā́ Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *daiwēr Proto-Italic
- dieveris Lithuanian
- *daHiwā́ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- دیور Panjabi, Punjabi
- ਦਿਓਰ Panjabi, Punjabi
- لېور Pashto, Pushto