जेठान

जेठान

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zeʈʰän]
• Phonetic Devanagari: जेठान्
• IPA^(key): [d͡zeʈʰu]
• Phonetic Devanagari: येṭ्hु

Noun

जेठान • (jeṭhān) m

1. wife's elder brother; brother-in-law

Usage notes

wife's elder brother is addressed as दाइ [dāi] or दाजु [dāju] but जेठान [jeṭhān] is used only when referring to as.

Declension

Declension of जेठान
	Singular	Plural
nominative	जेठान [d͡zeʈʰän]	जेठानहरू [d͡zeʈʰänɦʌɾu]
accusative	जेठानलाई [d͡zeʈʰänläi]	जेठानहरूलाई [d͡zeʈʰänɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	जेठानले [d͡zeʈʰänle]	जेठानहरूले [d͡zeʈʰänɦʌɾule]
dative	जेठानलाई [d͡zeʈʰänläi]	जेठानहरूलाई [d͡zeʈʰänɦʌɾuläi]
ablative	जेठानबाट [d͡zeʈʰännoʈʌ]	जेठानहरूबाट [d͡zeʈʰänɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	जेठानको [d͡zeʈʰänko]	जेठानहरूको [d͡zeʈʰänɦʌɾuko]
locative	जेठानमा [d͡zeʈʰänmä]	जेठानहरूमा [d͡zeʈʰänɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

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