# देवर
## Hindi

Picture dictionary :
देवर
नानी
नाना
दादी
दादा
मामी
मामा
मौसा
मौसी
माता
पिता
ताऊ
ताई
बुआ
फूफा
चाचा
चाची
भांजा
भांजी
जीजा
दीदी
बहनोई
बहन
भैया
भाभी
भाई
भौजाई
भतीजा
भतीजी
जेठानी
जेठ
नंदोई
ननद
देवरानी
देवर
साला
सलहज
साली
साढ़ू
साला
सलहज
पति
पत्नी
समधी
समधिन
बहू
बेटा
पोता
पोती
बेटी
दामाद
जमाई
नाती
नातिन
समधी
समधिन :

### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀭 (devara), from Sanskrit देवर (devará), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daHiwará-, from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr, with retention of -v- influenced by the Sanskrit term.

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d̪eː.ʋəɾ/, [d̪eː.ʋɐɾ]

### Noun

देवर • (devar) m (feminine देवरानी, Urdu spelling دیور)
* brother-in-law (husband's brother)

#### Declension
### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “देवर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “देवर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Platts, John T. (1884) “देवर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “देवर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dēvŕ̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 374

## Nepali
### Alternative forms

* देओर (deor)

### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit देवर (devara), from Sanskrit देवर (devara).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d̪ewʌr]
* Phonetic Devanagari: देओर्

### Noun

देवर • (dewar) m
* husband's younger brother; brother-in-law

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “देवर”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
* Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “देवर”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

## Pali
### Alternative scripts

* devara (Latin script)
* 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* দেৰর (Bengali script)
* දෙවර (Sinhalese script)
* ဒေဝရ or ၻေဝရ (Burmese script)
* เทวร or เทวะระ (Thai script)
* ᨴᩮᩅᩁ (Tai Tham script)
* ເທວຣ or ເທວະຣະ (Lao script)
* ទេវរ (Khmer script)
* 𑄘𑄬𑅇𑄢 (Chakma script)

### Noun

देवर m
* Devanagari script form of devara

#### Declension
## Prakrit
### Noun

देवर (devara) m
* Devanagari script form of 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀭 (“husband's younger brother”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দেৱৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬾᬯᬭ (Balinese script)
* দেবর (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰸𑰪𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ဒေဝရ (Burmese script)
* દેવર (Gujarati script)
* ਦੇਵਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦺꦮꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂵𑂫𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ದೇವರ (Kannada script)
* ទេវរ (Khmer script)
* ເທວຣ (Lao script)
* ദേവര (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᡝᠸᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘹𑘪𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠧᠸᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧚𑧊𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐾𑐰𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଦେଵର (Odia script)
* ꢣꢾꢮꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆼𑆮𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖸𑖪𑖨 (Siddham script)
* දෙවර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩔𑩾𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚲𑚦𑚤 (Takri script)
* தே³வர (Tamil script)
* దేవర (Telugu script)
* เทวร (Thai script)
* དེ་ཝ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒹𑒫𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨄𑨭𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Derived from देवृ (devṛ); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“brother in law”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dɐj.ʋɐ.ɾɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈd̪eː.ʋɐ.ɾɐ/

### Noun

देवर • (devará) stem, m
* woman's brother-in-law, husband's brother
* woman’s partner
** husband
** lover

#### Related terms

* देवृ (devṛ́)
* देवन् (deván).

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kalasha: diór
** Kashmiri: درُٛے
* Bengali: দেবর (debor)
* Gujarati: દિયર (diyar)
* Hindi: देवर (devar)
* Marathi: देवर (devar)
* Nepali: देवर (dewar)
* Punjabi: ਦਿਓਰ (diora)
* → Telugu: దేవరుడు (dēvaruḍu)
* Urdu: دیور (devar)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “देवर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 495/3.