[sālā], m. a wife’s brother, brother-in-law.
[◀MIA: Pk. sāla- m. ʻwife’s brotherʼ; Pa. sālaka- m. ʻwife’s younger brotherʼ ◀OIA syālá- m. ‘wife’s brother’ RV. ◀PIE *si̯ē[u]-ro- : si̯ǝ-ur(i̯o)- ‘brother-in-law’ <.PIE *sē(i)-, -sǝi- : sī- and sei- : si- ‘to bind, tie; strap’; PIE *si̯ū- ‘to sew’] ♣[=PIE▶⋯▶Eng. sew, seam, sinew ] ♣[=PIE▶⋯→Eng. suture, hymen, secular ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0626; (Turner, 1966) 13871; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 706; (MW, 1899) 1273; (Pokorny, 1959) 0915, 0891; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.782
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