Any Rajasthani's please?

Originally posted by: dilectus

Hello Dearies!! I am a Rajasthani. Bai-sa is a respectful word for every female you address, with whom you don't have a relation with which to address. For example, when you have a family wedding, you will call your aunties as maa-sa, tai-sa, kaki-sa etc etc, and if you don't know what to call a lady, probably unmarried, you will call her bai-sa.

Bhai-sa , as you presume, is used to call brothers or/and brother like figures.

Jija is equivalent to jiji-sa, i.e., sister or sister-in-law.

Sa is a term used in many parts of rajasthan, not all though, to show respect.

Originally posted by: DoJin

thanks so much...so baisa is for unmarried women...😊

Originally posted by: dilectus

Not Really. Any woman can be called as baisa. But most of the times, relationships are forged with married woman, even if only for namesake. Elder ones are called kakisa or taisa or ammaji or dadisa, younger ones can be called bhabhisa or jija. Its also a part of custom, so in practice mostly unmarried girls are left with no realtionship to be named with, hence most of the times they are called baisa. You can take an example from real life- Whenever strangers ask for directions from a woman they always call the woman baisa. Its because they can't form relations without knowing a bit about the person. But if they first talk to the husband and call him anything like bhaiji or kaka, then they will call the woman bhabhisa or kakisa.

Originally posted by: dilectus

Hello Dearies!! I am a Rajasthani. Bai-sa is a respectful word for every female you address, with whom you don't have a relation with which to address. For example, when you have a family wedding, you will call your aunties as maa-sa, tai-sa, kaki-sa etc etc, and if you don't know what to call a lady, probably unmarried, you will call her bai-sa.

Bhai-sa , as you presume, is used to call brothers or/and brother like figures.

Jija is equivalent to jiji-sa, i.e., sister or sister-in-law.

Sa is a term used in many parts of rajasthan, not all though, to show respect.

Originally posted by: dilectus

Not Really. Any woman can be called as baisa. But most of the times, relationships are forged with married woman, even if only for namesake. Elder ones are called kakisa or taisa or ammaji or dadisa, younger ones can be called bhabhisa or jija. Its also a part of custom, so in practice mostly unmarried girls are left with no realtionship to be named with, hence most of the times they are called baisa. You can take an example from real life- Whenever strangers ask for directions from a woman they always call the woman baisa. Its because they can't form relations without knowing a bit about the person. But if they first talk to the husband and call him anything like bhaiji or kaka, then they will call the woman bhabhisa or kakisa.