If a co-wife had sought the lives of those three of thine.
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Co-wife
//ˈkoʊ.waɪf//
Synonyms for "co-wife" (3 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 39 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- shemër noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Arabic
3 entries- جَارة noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- شريچة noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- ضَرَّة noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Aramaic
2 entries- עָרְתָא noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- ܥܲܪܬܼܵܐ noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Assamese
1 entries- সতিনী noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Avestan
1 entries- 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬚𐬥𐬍 noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Bengali
2 entries- সতিন noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- সপত্নী noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 媵 noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Eastern Maninkakan
1 entries- sìna noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Esperanto
2 entries- boedzino noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- kunedzino noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Finnish
1 entries- sisarvaimo noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
French
3 entries- co-épouse noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- coépouse noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- sœur-épouse noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Gujarati
3 entries- શોક noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- શોકય noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- સપત્ની noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Hausa
1 entries- kīshìyā noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Hebrew
1 entries- צָרָה noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Hindi
2 entries- सौत noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- सौतन noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Inupiaq
1 entries- nuliiraq noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Kashmiri
1 entries- سوتَن noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Kikuyu
1 entries- mũiru noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Malay
1 entries- madu noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Marathi
2 entries- सपत्नी noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- सवत noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hewî noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Nupe
1 entries- tsudò noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Odia
2 entries- ସଉତୁଣୀ noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- ସପତ୍ନୀ noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Pashto
1 entries- بن noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Persian
2 entries- بنانج noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- هوو noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Phoenician
1 entries- 𐤑𐤓𐤕 noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Pulaar
3 entries- nawlan noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- nawliraaɗo noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- siinaa noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਸੌਂਕਣ noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Russian
2 entries- втора́я жена́ noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- тре́тья жена́ noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Sanskrit
1 entries- सपत्नी noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Spanish
1 entries- coesposa noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Swahili
1 entries- mke mwenza noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Tajik
1 entries- палонҷ noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Tamil
1 entries- சக்களத்தி noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Turkish
2 entries- kuma noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- ortak noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Urdu
3 entries- سَوت noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- سَوتَن noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
- سَوکَن noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Vietnamese
1 entries- vợ bé noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Ye'kwana
1 entries- öiyaato noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Yoruba
1 entries- orogún noun (in a polygamous marriage, another wife of a woman's husband)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
In fact, [Ayesha] was more jealous of Khadija, the dead wife, than she was of any of her living co-wives.
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If the senior wife decides to make life unbearable for her co-wife and their husband, she is likely to succeed in forcing the newcomer to leave.
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In other words, polygamous societies differ markedly with regards to allowing kin, especially sisters, to become co-wives. Sororal polygamy is practised in some societies because it is believed to foster greater cohesiveness among co-wives sharing values and norms, whereas it is specifically forbidden in other polygamous societies.
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