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sister-in-law meaning in Myanmar

ခယ်မ hkaima.

UK/ˈsɪs.tə.ɪn.lɔː/US/ˈsɪs.tɚ.ɪn.lɔ/

sister-in-law in Myanmar: ခယ်မ (hkaima.), မရီး (ma.ri:), ယောက်မ (yaukma.). In English, sister-in-law means the sister of one's spouse.

Myanmar words for sister-in-law

wife's sister
ခယ်မ hkaima., မရီး ma.ri:
husband's sister
ယောက်မ yaukma.
brother's wife
ယောက်မ yaukma., မရီး ma.ri:, ခယ်မ hkaima.

English meaning of sister-in-law

  1. noun The sister of one's spouse.
  2. noun The wife of one's sibling.
  3. noun The wife of the sibling of one's spouse.
  4. noun The sister of the spouse of one's sibling.

Full definition of sister-in-law

sister-in-law in a sentence

  • Though they are not twins, my sister-in-law resembles my wife in almost every way.
  • My sister-in-law and my brother met while they were both on vacation in Jamaica.

Synonyms of sister-in-law

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Questions about sister-in-law in Myanmar

What is the meaning of sister-in-law in Myanmar?
Sister-in-law in Myanmar is ခယ်မ (hkaima.), မရီး (ma.ri:), ယောက်မ (yaukma.).
sister-in-law ရဲ့ အဓိပ္ပာယ်က ဘာလဲ။
Sister-in-law: ခယ်မ (hkaima.), မရီး (ma.ri:), ယောက်မ (yaukma.).
What does sister-in-law mean in English?
Sister-in-law means the sister of one's spouse.

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