श्वशुर

{ śvaśurḥ }

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   śvaśura m S A father-in-law, the father of one's wife or husband. Ex. देवी म्हणे श्वशुरगृहीं येऊन ॥ रहिवास केला असे ॥.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

   See : सासरा, सासरा

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  पु. सासरा ; नवर्‍याचा किंवा बायकोचा पिता . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

श्वशुर  m.  m. ( prob. for orig. स्वशुर; cf. below) a father-in-law, husband's or wife's father (in the oldest language commonly the former, in the सूत्रs the latter, in Class. lang° both meanings; also applied to a maternal uncle and to any venerable person), [RV.] &c. &c.
    du. ( cf. [Pāṇ. 1-2, 72]) a father and mother-in-law, [Yājñ.]; [Kathās.] (also pl. e.g. [RV. x, 95, 12]; [AV. xiv, 2, 27 &c.])
श्वशुर   [ cf. Gk. ἑκυρός; Lat. socer; Lith. szészuras; Slav. svekrŭ; Goth. swaihra; Angl.Sax. sweór; Germ. swëher, Schwäher.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

श्वशुरः [śvaśurḥ]   [शु-आशु अश्रुते आशु-अश् उरच् पृषो˚ [Uṇ.1.44] ]
   A father-in-law, wife'a or husband's father; राजर्त्विक्- स्नातकगुरून् प्रियश्वशुरमातुलान् । अर्हयन्मधुपर्केण परिसंवत्सरात् पुनः ॥ [Ms.3.119.]
   A respectable man.
-रौ   (dual) The father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Shabda-Sagara

श्वशुर  m.  ( -रः)
   1. A father-in-law, a wife's or husband's father.
   2. A venerable man, one to be treated as a father-in-law. m. Du. ( -री) A father and mother-in-law.
    E. शु a particle, implying respect, अश् to pervade, Unādi aff. उरच्; also

ROOTS:

शु अश् उरच्;

   with कन् added श्वशुरक .