devara

husband’s brother, brother-in-law Ja.vi.152; Vv.32#6 (sa˚), popularly explained at Vv-a.135 as “dutiyo varo ti vā devaro, bhattu kaniṭṭha bhātā.”

Sk. devṛ & devara Gr.; δ ̈αήρ (*δαιvήρ), Lat. levir, Ohg. zeihhur, Ags. tācor