Glossary entry

Hindi term or phrase:

jija ji

English translation:

Sister's Husband/ Brother-in-Law

Added to glossary by Ritu Bhanot
Oct 3, 2004 06:03
19 yrs ago
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Hindi term

jija ji

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you are their jija ji
Proposed translations (English)
5 +9 Brother-in-law i.e. Sister's husband

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Brother-in-law i.e. Sister's husband

Brother-in-law, Sister's husband to be exact.

In Hindi most relations are exact.

Unlike english where brother-in-law can also mean wife's brother/ husband's brother... Jija ji/ jeeja ji means just one's sister's husband.

The complete sentence would mean:

You are their brother-in-law.

Peer comment(s):

agree Syeda Tanbira Zaman
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agree Rajan Chopra : Well explained!Hindi is quite rich in this respect as it's got a different word for each and every relation,e.g. English's got only one word for these relations-MausI,TAI,ChAchI,BuA.MAmI i.e. Aunt whic
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agree nlingua : "Jija" refers to the relationship; the "ji" is just an added honorific
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agree pucoug (X)
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agree satish krishna itikela
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agree Asghar Bhatti
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agree Shaila Kamath
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agree keshab
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agree Dr Singh
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