श्वश्रू

श्वश्रू

See also: श्वशुर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬰ᭄ᬯᬰ᭄ᬭᬹ (Balinese script)
• শ্ৱশ্ৰূ (Assamese script)
• শ্বশ্রূ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰿𑰪𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁆𑀯𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀽 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍂 (Grantha script)
• શ્વશ્રૂ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੑਵਸ਼ੑਰੂ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦯ꧀ꦮꦯꦿꦹ (Javanese script)
• ឝ្វឝ្រូ (Khmer script)
• ಶ್ವಶ್ರೂ (Kannada script)
• ຨ຺ວຨ຺ຣູ (Lao script)
• ശ്വശ്രൂ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘫𑘿𑘪𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘴 (Modi script)
• ᠱᢦᠱᠷᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
• ᡧᠣᠸᠠᡧᡵᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
• ၐွၐြူ (Burmese script)
• 𑧋𑧠𑧊𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑂𑐰𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐹 (Newa script)
• ଶ୍ଵଶ୍ରୂ (Oriya script)
• ꢯ꣄ꢮꢯ꣄ꢬꢹ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑇀𑆮𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆷 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖿𑖪𑖫𑖿𑖨𑗝 (Siddham script)
• ශ්වශ්රූ (Sinhalese script)
• శ్వశ్రూ (Telugu script)
• ศฺวศฺรู (Thai script)
• ཤྭ་ཤྲཱུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑓂𑒫𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒴 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *swaśrúH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swaćrúH, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”). Cognate with Latin socrus, Old Armenian սկեսուր (skesur), Ancient Greek ἑκυρά (hekurá).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕʋɐɕ.ɾúː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕʋɐɕ.ɾuː/

Noun

श्वश्रू • (śvaśrū́) f

1. a mother-in-law (either the wife's or the husband's mother)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.034.3:

     द्वेष्टि श्वश्रूरप जाया रुणद्धि न नाथितो विन्दते मर्डितारम् ।

     dveṣṭi śvaśrūrapa jāyā ruṇaddhi na nāthito vindate marḍitāram .

     My wife holds me aloof, her mother hates me: the wretched man finds none to give him comfort.

Declension

Feminine ū-stem declension of श्वश्रू (śvaśrū́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	श्वश्रूः śvaśrū́ḥ	श्वश्र्वौ / श्वश्रू¹ śvaśrvaù / śvaśrū́¹	श्वश्र्वः / श्वश्रूः¹ śvaśrvàḥ / śvaśrū́ḥ¹
Vocative	श्वश्रु śváśru	श्वश्र्वौ / श्वश्रू¹ śváśrvau / śvaśrū́¹	श्वश्र्वः / श्वश्रूः¹ śváśrvaḥ / śváśrūḥ¹
Accusative	श्वश्रूम् śvaśrū́m	श्वश्र्वौ / श्वश्रू¹ śvaśrvaù / śvaśrū́¹	श्वश्रूः śvaśrū́ḥ
Instrumental	श्वश्र्वा śvaśrvā̀	श्वश्रूभ्याम् śvaśrū́bhyām	श्वश्रूभिः śvaśrū́bhiḥ
Dative	श्वश्र्वै śvaśrvaì	श्वश्रूभ्याम् śvaśrū́bhyām	श्वश्रूभ्यः śvaśrū́bhyaḥ
Ablative	श्वश्र्वाः śvaśrvā̀ḥ	श्वश्रूभ्याम् śvaśrū́bhyām	श्वश्रूभ्यः śvaśrū́bhyaḥ
Genitive	श्वश्र्वाः śvaśrvā̀ḥ	श्वश्र्वोः śvaśrvòḥ	श्वश्रूणाम् śvaśrū́ṇām
Locative	श्वश्र्वाम् śvaśrvā̀m	श्वश्र्वोः śvaśrvòḥ	श्वश्रूषु śvaśrū́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: isprés
  • Kashmiri: ہَش‎ (haś)
  • Khowar: اِشپرےشى‎ (išpréši)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Early Assamese: শাশু (śaśu)
    • Assamese: শাহু (xahu)
  • Bengali: শাশুড়ি (śaśuṛi), শ্বশ্রূ (śẇśrū)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (sāsū)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Takka Apabhramsa:
    • Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi: ਸੱਸ (sassa)

      Shahmukhi: سَسّ‎ (sass)

  • Vracada Apabhramsa:
    • Sindhi:

      Arabic: سَسُ‎

      Devanagari: ससु

• Pali: sassū
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀼𑀏 (sāsue)
  • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
    • Gujarati: સાસુ (sāsu)
  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: सास (sās)

      Urdu: ساس‎ (sās)

  • Romani: sasuj
• → Telugu: శ్వశ్రువు (śvaśruvu)
• → Tamil: ஶ்வஶ்ரூ (śvaśrū)
• → Oriya: ଶ୍ବଶ୍ରୁ (śbôśru), ଶାଶୁ (śaśu)
• → Malayalam: ശ്വശ്രു (śvaśru)