देवृ

देवृ

See also: देव, दैव, and द्व

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *daHiwā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daHiwā́, from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“brother-in-law, husband’s brother”). Cognate with Latin levir, Ancient Greek δᾱήρ (dāḗr), Old English tācor, Russian деверь (déver’), Lithuanian dieveris.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐj.ʋŕ̩/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪eː.ʋr̩/

Noun

देवृ • (devṛ́) m

1. woman's brother-in-law, husband's brother (especially his younger brother)
2. current husband of a previously married woman

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of देवृ (devṛ́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	देवा devā́	देवरौ / देवरा¹ devárau / devárā¹	देवरः deváraḥ
Vocative	देवः dévaḥ	देवरौ / देवरा¹ dévarau / dévarā¹	देवरः dévaraḥ
Accusative	देवरम् deváram	देवरौ / देवरा¹ devárau / devárā¹	देवॄन् devṝ́n
Instrumental	देव्रा devrā́	देवृभ्याम् devṛ́bhyām	देवृभिः devṛ́bhiḥ
Dative	देव्रे devré	देवृभ्याम् devṛ́bhyām	देवृभ्यः devṛ́bhyaḥ
Ablative	देवुः devúḥ	देवृभ्याम् devṛ́bhyām	देवृभ्यः devṛ́bhyaḥ
Genitive	देवुः devúḥ	देव्रोः devróḥ	देवॄणाम् devṝṇā́m
Locative	देवरि devári	देव्रोः devróḥ	देवृषु devṛ́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• देवर (devará)
• देवन् (deván)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “देवृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 496/2.