سوہرا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀲𑀼𑀭 (sasura), from Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swáćuras, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros (“father-in-law”). Cognate with Urdu سُسَر (susar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /sɔː˦.ɾäː/ Phonetic: sɔ̄́rā
• Rhymes: -äː, -ɾäː

Noun

سَوہْرا • (sauhrā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਹੁਰਾ)

1. father-in-law

   Coordinate term: سَسّ (sass, “mother-in-law”)

2. (in the plural) father-in-laws (family / house)

Declension

Declension of سوہرا

	singular	plural
direct	سَوہرا (sauhrā)	سَوہرے (sauhre)
oblique	سَوہرے (sauhre)	سَوہریْاں (sauhriyāṉ)
vocative	سَوہریْا (sauhriyā)	سَوہریو (sauhreyo)
ablative	سَوہریوں (sauhreyoṉ)	سَوہریْاں (sauhriyāṉ)
locative	–	سَوہرِیں (sauhrīṉ)
instrumental	سَوہرے (sauhre)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “سَوہرا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “سَوہرا”, in پنجابی لغت (in Punjabi), Pakistan: Center for Language Engineering, (Can we date this quote?).
• “ਸਹੁਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śváśura”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 739