जोइ पोइ
Nepali
Etymology
Dvandva compound of जोइ (joi) + पोइ (poi), literally “husband and wife”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d͡zoi̯‿poi̯]
- Phonetic Devanagari: जोइ पोइ
Noun
जोइ पोइ • (joi poi)
- married couple
- Synonym: पति-पत्नी (pati-patnī)
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931), “joi-poi”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 223
- “जोईपोइ”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018, page 472, column 1