देउरानी

देउरानी

Nepali

Alternative forms

• देवरानी (dewarānī), द्यौरानी (dyaurānī)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪eu̯ɾäni]
• Phonetic Devanagari: देउरानि

Noun

देउरानी • (deurānī) f

1. husband's younger brother's wife; sister-in-law

Declension

Declension of देउरानी
	Singular	Plural
nominative	देउरानी [d̪euɾäni]	देउरानीहरू [d̪euɾäniɦʌɾu]
accusative	देउरानीलाई [d̪euɾäniläi]	देउरानीहरूलाई [d̪euɾäniɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	देउरानीले [d̪euɾänile]	देउरानीहरूले [d̪euɾäniɦʌɾule]
dative	देउरानीलाई [d̪euɾäniläi]	देउरानीहरूलाई [d̪euɾäniɦʌɾuläi]
ablative	देउरानीबाट [d̪euɾänibäʈʌ]	देउरानीहरूबाट [d̪euɾäniɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	देउरानीको [d̪euɾäniko]	देउरानीहरूको [d̪euɾäniɦʌɾuko]
locative	देउरानीमा [d̪euɾänimä]	देउरानीहरूमा [d̪euɾäniɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Further reading

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