saas-bahu
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi [Term?]
Noun
saas-bahu (uncountable)
- (India, fiction) A genre of drama fiction concerning the relationship between the controlling evil mother of a husband (mother-in-law) and her dominated, downtrodden, meek daughter-in-law.
Related terms
- saas (mother-in-law)
- bahu (daughter-in-law)