[jēṭʰ], m. a husband’s elder brother.
[◀MIA: Pk. jeṭṭha-, jiṭ° ‘big, eldest’, m. ‘elder brother’; Pa. jeṭṭha- ‘chief, eldest’, m. ‘elder brother’, °aka- ‘chief’ ◀OIA jyḗṣṭha- ‘first, chief’, jyēṣṭhá- ‘eldest’, m. ‘eldest brother’ RV. <√ji ‘win’ ◀PIE *gʷei̯ǝ- ‘to prevail, be mighty, press down, conquer’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. Jain ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0413; (Turner, 1966) 5286; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 285; (MW, 1899) 0420, 0426; (Pokorny, 1959) 0469; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.602, 1.573
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