आमाजु

आमाजु

Nepali

Alternative forms

• आमाज्यू (āmājyū), आमाजू (āmājū), अमाजु (amāju)

Etymology

compound of आमा (āmā) +‎ ज्यू (jyū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ämä(d)zu]
• Phonetic Devanagari: आमाजु
• IPA^(key): [ʌmä(d)zu]
• Phonetic Devanagari: aम्āयु

Noun

आमाजु • (āmāju) f

1. husband's elder sister; sister-in-law

Declension

Declension of आमाजु
	Singular	Plural
nominative	आमाजु [ämä(d)zu]	आमाजुहरू [ämä(d)zuʌɾu]
accusative	आमाजुलाई [ämä(d)zuläi]	आमाजुहरूलाई [ämä(d)zuʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	आमाजुले [ämä(d)zule]	आमाजुहरूले [ämä(d)zuʌɾule]
dative	आमाजुलाई [ämä(d)zuläi]	आमाजुहरूलाई [ämä(d)zuʌɾuläi]
ablative	आमाजुबाट [ämä(d)zubäʈʌ]	आमाजुहरूबाट [ämä(d)zuʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	आमाजुको [ämä(d)zuko]	आमाजुहरूको [ämä(d)zuʌɾuko]
locative	आमाजुमा [ämä(d)zumä]	आमाजुहरूमा [ämä(d)zuʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

• “आमाजु”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “आमाजु”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar