سسر

Urdu

Etymology 1

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سسر

نانی

نانا

دادی

دادا

ممانی

ماموں

خالو

خالہ

امی

ابو

تایا

تائی

پھپو

پھپا

چچا

چچی

بھانجا

بھانجی

جیجا

باجی

بہنوئی

بہن

بھینا

بھیا

بھابی

بھائی

بھابی

بھتیجا

بھتیجی

جٹھانی

جیٹھ

نندوئی

نند

دیورانی

دیور

سالا

سلہج

سالی

ہم زلف

سالا

سلہج

میاں

بیوی

سسر

ساس

بہو

بیٹا

پوتا

پوتی

بیٹی

داماد

نواسہ

نواسی

سسر

ساس

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀲𑀼𑀭 (susura), from Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swáśuras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swáćuras, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros. Doublet of خُسَر (xusar). Cognate with Punjabi سَوہرا (sauhrā), Saraiki سَوہرا (sauhrā), Sindhi سَهُرو (sahuro), Burushaski [script needed] (šūšur), Kalasha [script needed] (išpášur), Khowar اِشپاشُور (išpašúr), Torwali شأژو (šλẓo) and far cognate with Pashto سخر (/⁠sxr⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.sʊɾ/
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): [sʊ.səɾ]
• Rhymes: -əɾ
• Hyphenation: سَ‧سُر

Noun

سَسُر or سُسَر • (sasur or susar) m (feminine سُسَری (susarī), Hindi spelling ससुर or सुसर)

1. father-in-law

   Synonym: خُسَر (xusar)

Declension

Declension of سسر
	singular	plural
direct	سَسُر (sasur)	سَسُر (sasur)
oblique	سَسُر (sasur)	سَسُروں (sasurõ)
vocative	سَسُر (sasur)	سَسُرو (sasuro)

Further reading

• “سسر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śváśura”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit शिशिर (śiśira), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɪ.sɪɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɪɾ
• Hyphenation: سِ‧سِر

Adjective

سِسِر • (sisir) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling सिसिर) (rare)

1. cold

Noun

سِسِر • (sisir) f (Hindi spelling सिसिर)

1. the winter season of Magh and Phagan.

Declension

Declension of سسر
	singular	plural
direct	سِسِر (sisir)	سِسِریں (sisirẽ)
oblique	سِسِر (sisir)	سِسِروں (sisirõ)
vocative	سِسِر (sisir)	سِسِرو (sisiro)

Further reading

• “سسر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śíśira”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

References

• “سسر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سسر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “سسر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “سسر”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC