श्वशुर

See also: श्वश्रू

Sanskrit[edit]

श्वशुर • (śváśura) stem, m

It can indicate both the husband's or the wife's father. In the oldest language however it only denotes the husband’s father.

Masculine a-stem declension of श्वशुर (śváśura)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	श्वशुरः śváśuraḥ	श्वशुरौ / श्वशुरा¹ śváśurau / śváśurā¹	श्वशुराः / श्वशुरासः¹ śváśurāḥ / śváśurāsaḥ¹
Vocative	श्वशुर śváśura	श्वशुरौ / श्वशुरा¹ śváśurau / śváśurā¹	श्वशुराः / श्वशुरासः¹ śváśurāḥ / śváśurāsaḥ¹
Accusative	श्वशुरम् śváśuram	श्वशुरौ / श्वशुरा¹ śváśurau / śváśurā¹	श्वशुरान् śváśurān
Instrumental	श्वशुरेण śváśureṇa	श्वशुराभ्याम् śváśurābhyām	श्वशुरैः / श्वशुरेभिः¹ śváśuraiḥ / śváśurebhiḥ¹
Dative	श्वशुराय śváśurāya	श्वशुराभ्याम् śváśurābhyām	श्वशुरेभ्यः śváśurebhyaḥ
Ablative	श्वशुरात् śváśurāt	श्वशुराभ्याम् śváśurābhyām	श्वशुरेभ्यः śváśurebhyaḥ
Genitive	श्वशुरस्य śváśurasya	श्वशुरयोः śváśurayoḥ	श्वशुराणाम् śváśurāṇām
Locative	श्वशुरे śváśure	श्वशुरयोः śváśurayoḥ	श्वशुरेषु śváśureṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Dardic:
- Kalasha: išpášur
- Khowar: اِشپَشُر (išpašúr)
- Kashmiri: ہِہُر (hihur), ہیُٛہُر (hyuhur)
Gandhari: 𐨯𐨿𐨤𐨭𐨂𐨪 (spaśura) (from unassimilated Sanskrit *स्वशुर (svaśura))
Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: শহুৰ (xohur)
- Bengali: শ্বশুর (śśośur)
- Odia: ଶ୍ୱଶୁର (śwôśurô)
- Sylheti: ꠢꠃꠞ (hoúr)
Pali: sasura
Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Gujarati: સસરો (sasro)
- Hindi: ससुर (sasur)
- Nepali: ससुरा (sasurā)
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਸਹੁਰਾ (sahurā)
  
  Shahmukhi script: سوہرا (sohrā)
- Urdu: سُسَر (susar)
- Romani: sastro
→ Telugu: శ్వశురుడు (śvaśuruḍu)

Monier Williams (1899) “श्वशुर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1105/3.