English
saala
Saala comes from Hindi साला ‘saala/sala: brother-in-law, wife's brother’, and goes back to Sanskrit स्याल.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEस्याल‘a man's brother-in-law, wife's brother’
- Prakritmodernसाल‘brother-in-law’
- Hindic. 1500–presentसालाsālā‘saala/sala: brother-in-law, wife's brother’
- Englishtodaysaala
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEस्याल‘a man's brother-in-law, wife's brother’
- Prakritmodernसाल‘brother-in-law’
- Hindic. 1500–presentसालाsālā‘saala/sala: brother-in-law, wife's brother’
- Englishtodaysaala
Linked words
through Hindi साला ‘saala/sala: brother-in-law, wife's brother’
Today it means
noun brother-in-law
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit स्याल / saala