देवरानी

Hindi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪eːʋ.ɾɑː.niː/, [d̪eːʋ.ɾäː.niː]

Noun

देवरानी • (devrānī) f (masculine देवर)

1. husband's younger brother's wife

Declension

Declension of देवरानी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	देवरानी devrānī	देवरानियाँ devrāniyā̃
oblique	देवरानी devrānī	देवरानियों devrāniyõ
vocative	देवरानी devrānī	देवरानियो devrāniyo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “देवरानी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “देवरानी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “देवरानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪eu̯ɾäni], [d̪ewräni]
• Phonetic Devanagari: देउरानी

Noun

देवरानी • (dewarānī) f

1. Alternative form of देउरानी [deurānī].

Declension

Declension of देवरानी
	Singular	Plural
nominative	देवरानी [d̪ewʌɾäni]	देवरानीहरू [d̪ewʌɾäniɦʌɾu]
accusative	देवरानीलाई [d̪ewʌɾäniläi]	देवरानीहरूलाई [d̪ewʌɾäniɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	देवरानीले [d̪ewʌɾänile]	देवरानीहरूले [d̪ewʌɾäniɦʌɾule]
dative	देवरानीलाई [d̪ewʌɾäniläi]	देवरानीहरूलाई [d̪ewʌɾäniɦʌɾuläi]
ablative	देवरानीबाट [d̪ewʌɾänibäʈʌ]	देवरानीहरूबाट [d̪ewʌɾäniɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	देवरानीको [d̪ewʌɾäniko]	देवरानीहरूको [d̪ewʌɾäniɦʌɾuko]
locative	देवरानीमा [d̪ewʌɾänimä]	देवरानीहरूमा [d̪ewʌɾäniɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

• “देवरानी”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “देवरानी”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar