jija ji

English translation: Sister's Husband/ Brother-in-Law

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Hindi term or phrase:jija ji
English translation:Sister's Husband/ Brother-in-Law
Entered by: Ritu Bhanot

06:03 Oct 3, 2004
Hindi to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Hindi term or phrase: jija ji
you are their jija ji
Melanie
Brother-in-law i.e. Sister's husband
Explanation:
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.

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Ritu Bhanot
France
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Excellent. That really helped. Thanks.
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5 +9Brother-in-law i.e. Sister's husband
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Brother-in-law i.e. Sister's husband


Explanation:
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.



Ritu Bhanot
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Excellent. That really helped. Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Syeda Tanbira Zaman
13 mins
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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
22 mins
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agree  nlingua: "Jija" refers to the relationship; the "ji" is just an added honorific
54 mins
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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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