जोइ पोइ

Nepali

Etymology

Dvandva compound of जोइ (joi) +‎ पोइ (poi), literally “husband and wife”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡zoi̯‿poi̯]

Phonetic Devanagari: जोइ पोइ

Noun

जोइ पोइ • (joi poi)

married couple
Synonym: पति-पत्नी (pati-patnī)

Further reading

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “joi-poi”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 223
“जोईपोइ”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018, page 472, column 1

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