देवन्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (brother-in-law, huband’s brother). Cognate with Latin levir (brother-in-law, husband’s brother), Ancient Greek δᾱήρ (dāḗr, brother-in-law, husband’s brother), Old English tācor (brother-in-law, husband’s brother), Russian деверь (déver’, brother-in-law, husband’s brother), Lithuanian dieveris (brother-in-law, husband’s brother). Variants: देवर (devara) and देवृ (devṛ).

Noun

देवन् (devan) m

  1. woman's brother-in-law, husband's brother

Declension

Neuter n-stem declension of देवन्
Nom. sg. देव (deva)
Gen. sg. देव्नः (devnaḥ)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative देव (deva) देवनी (devanī) देवानि (devāni)
Vocative देव (deva) देवनी (devanī) देवानि (devāni)
Accusative देव (deva) देवनी (devanī) देवानि (devāni)
Instrumental देव्ना (devnā) देवभ्याम् (devabhyām) देवभिः (devabhiḥ)
Dative देव्ने (devne) देवभ्याम् (devabhyām) देवभ्यः (devabhyaḥ)
Ablative देव्नः (devnaḥ) देवभ्याम् (devabhyām) देवभ्यः (devabhyaḥ)
Genitive देव्नः (devnaḥ) देव्नोः (devnoḥ) देव्नाम् (devnām)
Locative देव्नि (devni) देव्नोः (devnoḥ) देवसु (devasu)

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 495/3
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