देवर دیوَر ♣ Eng. levirate

देवर دیوَر ♣ Eng. levirate

[dēvar], m. husband’s younger brother.

[◀MIA: Pk. dēvara-, dēara-, diara- ‘husband’s younger brother’; Pa. dēvara- m. ‘husband’s brother’ ◀OIA dēvará- (and dḗ°) ĀśGr̥. (°aka- Ujjval.) m. ‘husband’s younger brother’, dēvŕ̥- m. ‘husband’s younger brother’ RV. ◀PIE *dāiu̯ēr, Gen. daiu̯rés ‘brother-in-law’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. levirate ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0560; (Turner, 1966) 6546; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 330; (MW, 1899) 0495; (Pokorny, 1959) 0179; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.743