saas-bahu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A genre of drama fiction concerning the relationship between the controlling evil mother of a husband (mother-in-law) and her dominated, downtrodden, meek daughter-in-law.

Word forms

saas-bahu

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi सास-बहू (sās-bahū).

Related words

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