শাহু

Assamese

Etymology

From Old Assamese শাশু (śaśu), from Sanskrit শ্ৱশ্ৰূ (śvaśrū), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swaśrúH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swaĉrúH, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (mother-in-law). Cognate with Sylheti ꠢꠠꠤ (hoṛi), Bengali শাশুড়ি (śaśuṛi), Hindustani ساس / सास (sās).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.ɦu/

Noun

শাহু (xahu)

  1. mother-in-law
    Antonym: শহুৰ (xohur)

Kinship declension

Declension

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