भावज بھاوج ♣ Eng. brother + generate

भावज بھاوج ♣ Eng. brother + generate

[bʰāvaj], f. an elder brother’s wife.

[◀MIA: Pk. bhāujāyā-, bhāujjā-, °jāiā- f. ‘brother’s wife’ ◀OIA bhrāturjāyā- f. ‘brother’s wife’ lex. <+②jāyā́- f. ‘wife’ RV. (♣Eng. generate ) <.bhrā́tr̥- m. ‘brother’ RV. ◀PIE *bhrā́ter- ‘brother’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. brother ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. fraternal ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0181; (Turner, 1966) 9660, 9661, ② 5205, p.281; (MW, 1899) 0770, ② 0419, 0410; (Pokorny, 1959) 0163, ② 0373; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.280, ② 1.587, 1.567