devṛ́ m. a husband's brother (esp. his younger brother), [RV.]; [AV.] (prob. as the player, because he has less to do than his elder brother); the husband of a woman previously married, [W.]
[cf. Arm. taigr; Gk. δαήρ; Lat. levir; Angl.Sax. tacur; Germ. zeihhur; Lith. dë́veris; Slav. děveri.]