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Inherited from Middle English suster-in-lawe; equivalent to sister + -in-law.
- (General American) enPR: sĭs'tər, IPA(key): /ˈsɪs.tɚ.ɪn.lɔ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪs.tə.ɪn.lɔː/
- Hyphenation: sis‧ter‧in‧law
sister-in-law (plural sisters-in-law or (colloquial, nonstandard) sister-in-laws)
- A female relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:
- (less common) Co-sister-in-law: The wife of one's sibling-in-law.
The plural sister-in-laws is occasionally seen, especially in American English, but this is considered incorrect by most sources; see, for example, the Web Site of Professor Paul Brians: [1].
bahu (India)
Bhabhi (India, Pakistan, as a title)
Ah Soh (“elder brother’s wife”) (Singapore, slang)
wife's sister
- Aklanon: hipag
- Albanian: kunatë (sq) f
- Arabic: أُخْت زَوْجَة f (ʔuḵt zawja), سِلْفَة f (silfa)
- Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܪܚܡܵܝܬܵܐ f (barḥmāytā), ܚܵܬ݂ ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ m (ḥāṯ baḵtā)
Classical Syriac: please add this translation if you can - Armenian: քենի (hy) (kʻeni)
- Asturian: cuñada (ast) f
- Azerbaijani: baldız (az)
- Bhojpuri: साली (sālī)
- Bikol:
Central Bikol: hipag - Bulgarian: балдъза (bg) f (baldǎza)
- Burmese: ခယ်မ (my) (hkaima.), မရီး (my) (ma.ri:)
- Catalan: cunyada (ca) f
- Cebuano: hipag (disused), bayaw, bayaw nga babaye (sa asawa)
- Chamicuro: pus̈hana
- Chinese:
Hokkien: 大姨 (tōa-î) (wife's older sister), 姨仔 (î-á) (wife's younger sister)
Mandarin: 大姨子 (zh) (dàyízi) (wife's older sister), 姨姐 (zh) (yíjiě) (wife's older sister), 小姨子 (zh) (xiǎoyízi) (wife's younger sister) - Czech: švagrová (cs) f
- Danish: svigerinde (da) c
- Dutch: schoonzus (nl) f, schoonzuster (nl) f
- Esperanto: bofratino
- Estonian: käli (et)
- Finnish: käly (fi)
- French: belle-sœur (fr) f
- Friulian: cugnade f
- Galician: cuñada f
- Georgian: ცოლიდა (colida)
- German: Schwägerin (de) f
Alemannic German: Geschwiie f - Gooniyandi: garingi
- Greek: κουνιάδα (el) f (kouniáda)
- Gujarati: સાળી f (sāḷī)
- Guugu Yimidhirr: dyiiral; munamuna (avoidance)
- Hebrew: גִּיסָה f (gisá)
- Hindi: साली (hi) f (sālī)
- Hungarian: sógornő (hu)
- Icelandic: mágkona (is) f
- Ido: bofratino (io)
- Ilocano: ipag
- Ingrian: nato
- Italian: cognata (it) f
- Japanese: 義姉 (ja) (gishi) (older), 義妹 (ja) (gimai) (younger), 義理の姉 (giri no ane), 義理の妹 (giri no imōto)
- Kashmiri: سال (sāl)
- Korean: 처제(妻弟) (ko) (cheoje) (wife's younger sister), 처형(妻兄) (ko) (cheohyeong) (wife's older sister)
- Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ژنخوشک (jinxuşk)
Northern Kurdish: diş (ku) f - Latgalian: svaiņe
- Latin: glōs f
- Latvian: svaine (lv) f
- Lithuanian: sváinė f
- Luxembourgish: Schwéiesch f
- Malay: kakak ipar (ms) (wife's elder sister-in-law), adik ipar (ms) (wife's younger sister-in-law)
- Manchu: ᠪᠠᡧᠠ (baša) (wife's younger sister), ᡴᡝᡴᡝ (keke) (wife's older sister)
- Mansaka: ipag
- Māori: auwahine (of a male)
- Maranao: ipag
- Murrinh-Patha: kartu purrima
- Mwani: wifi
- Norman: belle-soeu f
- Norwegian:
Bokmål: svigerinne (no) m or f
Nynorsk: svigerinne f, versyster f, versøster f - Occitan: conhada (oc) f
- Pashto: خوښینه f
- Pennsylvania German: Gschwei f
- Persian: خیازنه (xayâzne), خیاشنه (xayâšne)
- Polish: szwagierka (pl) f
- Portuguese: cunhada (pt) f
- Romanian: cumnată (ro) f
- Russian: неве́стка (ru) f (nevéstka), своя́ченица (ru) f (svojáčenica)
- Sami:
Northern Sami: sivjjot - Sardinian: connada f, connata f
- Scots: guid-sister
- Scottish Gaelic: piuthar-chèile f, piuthar-bhean f
- Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сваст f, свастика f
Latin: svast (sh) f, svastika (sh) f, svakinja - Seri: hicmajéete (wife's older sister), himaquéte (wife's younger sister)
- Sicilian: cugnata (scn) f
- Slovak: švagriná (sk) f
- Slovene: svakinja (sl) f
- Spanish: cuñada (es) f
- Swedish: svägerska (sv) c
- Tagalog: hipag (tl)
- Tamil: கொழுந்தி (ta) (koḻunti)
- Tarifit: tarwest f
- Turkish: baldız (tr)
- Urdu: سالی f (sālī)
- Vietnamese: chị vợ (wife's older sister), em vợ (wife's younger sister)
- Volapük: lüsör (vo)
- Walloon: bele-sour (wa) f
- Yindjibarndi: yarungu
- Zazaki: wayceni f
husband's sister
- Albanian: kunatë (sq) f
- Arabic: أُخْت زَوْج f (ʔuḵt zawj)
- Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܪܚܡܵܝܬܵܐ f (barḥmāytā), ܚܵܬ݂ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ m (ḥāṯ gaḇrā)
Classical Syriac: please add this translation if you can - Armenian: տալ (hy) (tal)
- Bikol:
Central Bikol: hipag - Bulgarian: зълва (bg) f (zǎlva)
- Burmese: ယောက်မ (my) (yaukma.)
- Catalan: cunyada (ca) f
- Cebuano: hipag (disused), bayaw, bayaw nga babaye (sa bana)
- Chamicuro: pus̈hana
- Chinese:
Hokkien: 大姑 (tōa-ko͘) (husband's older sister), 小姑 (sió-ko͘) (husband's younger sister)
Mandarin: 大姑 (zh) (dàgū) (husband's older sister), 小姑 (zh) (xiǎogū) (husband's younger sister) - Czech: švagrová (cs) f
- Danish: svigerinde (da) c
- Dutch: schoonzus (nl) f, schoonzuster (nl) f
- Erzya: кияло (kijalo)
- Esperanto: bofratino
- Estonian: nadu (et)
- Finnish: käly (fi), nato (fi) (archaic)
- French: belle-sœur (fr) f
- Georgian: მული (muli)
- German: Schwägerin (de) f
- Greek: κουνιάδα (el) f (kouniáda)
Ancient Greek: γάλως f (gálōs) - Gujarati: નણંદ f (naṇand)
- Hebrew: גִּיסָה f (gisá)
- Hindi: ननद (hi) f (nanad)
- Hungarian: sógornő (hu)
- Icelandic: mágkona (is) f
- Ilocano: ipag
- Ingrian: nato
- Italian: cognata (it) f
- Javanese: ipé
Old Javanese: ipe - Kashmiri: زام (zām)
- Korean: 시누이 (ko) (sinu'i), 형님 (ko) (hyeongnim) (husband's older sister, face-to-face), 아가씨 (ko) (agassi) (husband's younger sister, face-to-face)
- Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دِش (diş)
Northern Kurdish: diş (ku) f - Latgalian: muoseica, veiramuosa
- Latin: glōs f
- Latvian: vīramāsa, māsīca
- Lithuanian: moša, vyro sesuo
- Luxembourgish: Schwéiesch f
- Malay: kakak ipar (ms) (husband's older sister), adik ipar (ms) (husband's younger sister), ipar
- Māori: taokete
- Mwani: wifi
- Norman: belle-soeu f
- Norwegian:
Bokmål: svigerinne (no) m or f
Nynorsk: svigerinne f, versyster f, versøster f - Oromo: sayyuu
- Pashto: اندرور (ps) f, ندرور f
- Polish: szwagierka (pl) f
- Portuguese: cunhada (pt) f
- Romanian: cumnată (ro) f
- Russian: неве́стка (ru) f (nevéstka), золо́вка (ru) f (zolóvka)
- Sami:
Northern Sami: mannji - Sanskrit: ननान्दृ (sa) f (nanāndṛ)
- Scots: guid-sister
- Scottish Gaelic: piuthar-chèile f, piuthar-fhear f
- Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: заова f
Latin: zaova (sh) f, šogorica (sh) f - Seri: hiquéec
- Slovak: švagriná (sk) f, zolvica f (archaic)
- Slovene: svakinja (sl) f
- Spanish: cuñada (es) f
- Swedish: svägerska (sv) c
- Tagalog: hipag (tl)
- Tamil: மச்சினி (ta) (macciṉi)
- Turkish: görümce (tr)
- Urdu: نَنْد f (nand), نَنَد f (nanad) (chiefly India), نَنَنْد f (nanand)
- Vietnamese: chị chồng (husband's older sister), em chồng (husband's younger sister)
- Volapük: lüsör (vo)
- Walloon: bele-sour (wa) f
- Yindjibarndi: binthi
- Zazaki: gorım f
brother's wife
- Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܲܠܬ݂ܵܐ f (kalṯā), ܣܲܠܦܬ݂ܵܐ f (salpṯā), ܒܲܟ݂ܬ ܐܲܚܵܐ f (baḵt aḥḥā)
Classical Syriac: please add this translation if you can - Armenian: հարս (hy) (hars)
- Bashkir: килен (kilen) (younger brother's wife), еңгә (yeñgə) (elder brother's wife)
- Bengali: ভাবী (bn) (bhabi), ভাউজ (bn) (bhauj)
- Bikol:
Central Bikol: hipag - Bulgarian: снаха (bg) f (snaha)
- Burmese: ယောက်မ (my) (yaukma.), မရီး (my) (ma.ri:), ခယ်မ (my) (hkaima.)
- Catalan: cunyada (ca) f
- Cebuano: hipag (disused), bayaw, bayaw nga babaye (sa igsoong lalaki)
- Chinese:
Cantonese: 阿嫂 (aa3 sou2) (older brother's wife), 弟婦 / 弟妇 (dai6 fu5) (younger brother's wife), 阿妗 (aa3 kam5) (younger brother's wife)
Hokkien: 阿嫂 (zh-min-nan) (a-só) (older brother's wife), 兄嫂 (hiaⁿ-só) (older brother's wife), 小嬸 / 小婶 (sió-chím) (younger brother's wife)
Mandarin: 嫂子 (zh) (sǎozi), 姒 (sì) (older brother's wife), 弟媳 (zh) (dìxí) (younger brother's wife) - Czech: švagrová (cs) f
- Danish: svigerinde (da) c
- Dutch: schoonzus (nl) f, schoonzuster (nl) f
- Esperanto: bofratino
- Estonian: käli (et)
- Finnish: käly (fi)
- French: belle-sœur (fr) f
- Georgian: ძმისცოლი (ʒmiscoli)
- German: Schwägerin (de) f
- Greek: νύφη (el) f (nýfi)
Ancient Greek: γάλως f (gálōs) - Gujarati: ભાભી f (bhābhī)
- Guugu Yimidhirr: guman.ga
- Hebrew: גִּיסָה f (gisá)
- Hindi: भाभी (hi) f (bhābhī) (elder brother's wife), देवरानी (hi) f (devrānī) (younger brothers wife)
- Hungarian: sógornő (hu)
- Icelandic: mágkona (is) f
- Ilocano: ipag
- Ingrian: käly, minni
- Italian: cognata (it) f
- Japanese: 兄嫁 (ja) (aniyome), 弟嫁 (otoyome)
- Kashmiri: بٔے کاکَنؠ (bạy kākan'), بٲے کاکَنؠ (bạ̄y kākan')
- Korean: 제수(弟嫂) (ko) (jesu) (a man's younger brother's wife), 계수(季嫂) (ko) (gyesu) (a man's younger brother's wife), 형수(兄嫂) (ko) (hyeongsu) (a man's older brother's wife), 올케 (ko) (olke) (woman's brother's wife), 새언니 (saeeonni) (woman's older brother's wife, lit. "new older sister")
- Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بِراژِن (ckb) (birajin)
Northern Kurdish: jinbira (ku) f - Latgalian: mārša
- Latin: frātria f uxor frātris f
- Latvian: mārša
- Lithuanian: brolienė
- Luxembourgish: Schwéiesch f
- Malay: kakak ipar (ms) (older brother's wife), adik ipar (ms) (younger brother's wife)
- Mongolian: бэргэн (mn) (bergen) (elder brother's wife), бэр (mn) (ber) (younger brother's wife)
- Navajo: hayé
- Nivkh: эмр (emr)
- Norman: belle-soeu f
- Norwegian:
Bokmål: svigerinne (no) m or f
Nynorsk: svigerinne f, versyster f, versøster f - Old Church Slavonic: ѩтрꙑ f (jętry)
- Old English: brōþorwīf n
- Pannonian Rusyn: андя f (andja)
- Pashto: بابۍ (ps) f, ورېنداره f
- Paumarí: ʼananini f (woman's brother's wife)
- Pennsylvania German: Gschwei f
- Polish: bratowa (pl) f
- Portuguese: cunhada (pt) f
- Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਭਰਜਾਈ f (bharjāī), ਭਾਬੀ f (bhābī)
Shahmukhi: بَھرْجائی f (bharjā'ī), بھابی f (bhābī) - Romanian: cumnată (ro) f
- Russian: неве́стка (ru) f (nevéstka)
- Scots: guid-sister
- Scottish Gaelic: bean-bhràthair f, piuthar-chèile f
- Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: снаха f
Latin: snaha (sh) f - Seri: hicatazáta (man's older brother’s wife), hicmajéete (man's younger brother’s wife), hicóaac (woman's brother’s wife)
- Slovak: švagriná (sk) f
- Slovene: svakinja (sl) f
- Spanish: cuñada (es) f
- Swedish: svägerska (sv) c
- Tagalog: inso (elder brother's wife), hipag (tl)
- Tamil: அண்ணி (ta) (aṇṇi)
- Turkish: yenge (tr)
- Udi: вичечубух (vičečubuꭓ)
- Urdu: بھابی f (bhābī), بھاوَج (ur) f (bhāvaj), بھوجائی f (bhojāī)
- Vietnamese: chị dâu (older brother's wife), em dâu (vi) (younger brother's wife)
- Walloon: bele-sour (wa) f
- Yindjibarndi: binthi, yarungu
- Zazaki: bıraceni f
wife's brother's wife
- Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܟ݂ܬ ܒܲܪܚܡܵܝܵܐ f (baḵt barḥmāyā)
Classical Syriac: please add this translation if you can - Armenian: հարս (hy) (hars)
- Bikol:
Central Bikol: bilas (bcl) - Catalan: cunyada (ca) f
- Cebuano: bilas nga babaye (sa igsoong lalaki sa asawa)
- Chinese:
Mandarin: 舅嫂 (zh) (jiùsǎo) - Czech: švagrová (cs) f
- Dutch: schoonzus (nl) f, schoonzuster (nl) f
- Esperanto: bofratino
- Estonian: käli (et)
- Finnish: käly (fi)
- French: belle-sœur (fr) f
- German: Schwippschwägerin (de) f
- Gujarati: સાળેલી f (sāḷelī)
- Hebrew: גִּיסָה f (gisá)
- Hindi: सलहज (hi) f (salhaj)
- Hungarian: sógornő (hu)
- Icelandic: svilkona (is) f
- Ilocano: abirat a babai
- Italian: cognata (it) f
- Kashmiri: ۂہرٕ باے (hạhrụ bāy)
- Korean: 처남댁 (cheonamdaek)
- Malay: biras (ms)
- Norman: belle-soeu f
- Norwegian:
Bokmål: svigerinne (no) m or f
Nynorsk: svigerinne f, versyster f, versøster f - Pannonian Rusyn: андя f (andja)
- Pashto: یور f
- Portuguese: esposa do cunhado f, mulher do cunhado f, concunhada (pt) f, cunhada (pt) f
- Romanian: cumnată (ro) f
- Russian: неве́стка (ru) f (nevéstka)
- Sami:
Northern Sami: spile - Scots: guid-sister
- Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шурјакиња f
Latin: šurjakinja (sh) f - Spanish: cuñada (es) f
- Swedish: svägerska (sv) c
- Tagalog: bilas na babae
- Turkish: elti (tr)
- Udi: севичейчугьух (sevičejčuhuꭓ)
- Urdu: سَلْہَج f (salhaj), سالے کی بِیوِی f (sāle kī bīvī) (literally)
- Vietnamese: chị dâu (wife's older brother's wife), em dâu (vi) (wife's younger brother's wife)
- Zazaki: cêri f
husband's brother's wife
- Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܕ݂ܲܡܬܵܐ f (īḏamtā)
Classical Syriac: please add this translation if you can - Armenian: տագերակին (hy) (tagerakin)
- Bikol:
Central Bikol: bilas (bcl) - Catalan: cunyada (ca) f
- Cebuano: bilas nga babaye (sa igsoong lalaki sa bana)
- Czech: švagrová (cs) f
- Dutch: schoonzus (nl) f, schoonzuster (nl) f
- Esperanto: bofratino
- Estonian: käli (et)
- Finnish: käly (fi)
- French: belle-sœur (fr) f
- German: Schwippschwägerin (de) f
- Greek: συννυφάδα (el) f (synnyfáda)
Ancient Greek: ἐνάτηρ f (enátēr) - Gujarati: જેઠાણી f (jeṭhāṇī) (elder brother's wife), દેરાણી f (derāṇī) (younger brother's wife)
- Hebrew: גִּיסָה f (gisá)
- Hindi: जेठानी (hi) f (jeṭhānī) (elder brother's wife), देवरानी (hi) f (devrānī) (younger brother's wife)
- Hungarian: sógornő (hu)
- Icelandic: svilkona (is) f
- Ilocano: abirat a babai
- Italian: cognata (it) f
- Kashmiri: درٕٛے کاکَنؠ
- Konkani: जाव (jāv)
- Korean: 동서 (ko) (dongseo)
- Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ھێوەرژِن (hêwerjin)
Northern Kurdish: jintî (ku) f - Latgalian: ītaļa
- Latvian: ietaļa
- Lithuanian: brolienė
- Malay: biras (ms)
- Norman: belle-soeu f
- Norwegian:
Bokmål: svigerinne (no) m or f
Nynorsk: svigerinne f, versyster f, versøster f - Portuguese: esposa do cunhado f, mulher do cunhado f, concunhada (pt) f, cunhada (pt) f
- Romanian: cumnată (ro) f
- Russian: неве́стка (ru) f (nevéstka)
- Sami:
Northern Sami: gálojeatni - Sanskrit: यातृ (sa) f (yātṛ)
- Scots: guid-sister
- Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: јетрва f
Latin: jetrva (sh) f - Seri: hilxcmaam
- Spanish: cuñada (es) f
- Swedish: svägerska (sv) c
- Tagalog: bilas na babae
- Tamil: அக்கா (ta) (akkā), தங்கை (ta) (taṅkai)
- Torres Strait Creole: neitawet (eastern dialect)
- Turkish: elti (tr)
- Urdu: دیوْرَانی f (devrānī) (younger brother), جِٹھانی f (jiṭhānī) (older brother), جیٹھانی f (jeṭhānī)
- Vietnamese: chị dâu (husband's older brother's wife), em dâu (vi) (husband's younger brother's wife)
Translations to be checked
- Indonesian: (please verify) ipar (id)
- Low German:
New Low Saxon: (please verify) Swägerin f - Plautdietsch: (please verify) Schwäjersche f
- Romani: (please verify) bori f, (please verify) sali f
- Slovak: (please verify) švagra f, (please verify) švagriná (sk) f
- Telugu: (please verify) వదిన (te) (vadina), (please verify) మరదలు (te) (maradalu)
- Woiwurrung: (please verify) yum murrk