co-brother-in-law

Etymology
From or.

Noun

 * 1)  One's spouse's brother-in-law (one's spouse's sibling's husband), especially one's wife's sister's husband; either of two (or more) men who marry sisters, in relation to the other; the brother of one spouse in relation to the siblings of the other spouse.
 * 2)  One's brother-in-law's or sister-in-law's brother; that is, one's sibling's spouse's brother; either of two (or more) men whose siblings are married to each other.
 * 1)  One's brother-in-law's or sister-in-law's brother; that is, one's sibling's spouse's brother; either of two (or more) men whose siblings are married to each other.

Usage notes

 * The term is generally used in translation in South India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh) where the local language makes the distinction. In common speech in traditionally English-speaking countries, brother-in-law may be used.
 * The primary usage is for one's wife's sister's husband.

Synonyms

 * (much more common)
 * (in relation to a common niece or nephew)

Translations
Languages that have words for this relationship that are distinct from the word for brother-in-law. Not all are attested to have the second meaning above, though this may sometimes be an oversight.


 * Arabic: عديل
 * Armenian: քենակալ (k’enakal) wife's sister's husband; փեսա (p’esa) husband of any close relative, including one's sister or sister-in-law
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: concunyat
 * Chinese: 襟兄 (jīnxiōng) wife's sister's husband, who is older than oneself; 襟弟 (jīndì) wife's sister's husband, who is younger than oneself
 * Esperanto: kunbofrato
 * French: co-beau-frère; beau-frère brother-in-law
 * Galician: concuñado, concuñada
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Inupiaq: aŋayunġuq spouse of elder sibling, nukaunġuq spouse of younger sibling
 * Italian: concognato
 * Japanese: a man's wife's sister's husband
 * Korean: 동서 (同壻) (dongseo) with siblings of the same sex: a man's wife's sister's husband, or a woman's husband's brother's wife, but not cheonambu a man's wife's brother's wife
 * Malay: biras co-sibling-in-law
 * Nahuatl: chahuatetl
 * Persian: husband of one's wife's sister
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: свояк (svoják), зять (zjat’) brother/son-in-law
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пашеног, пашaнац , заовац , баџо
 * Roman:,  , zaovac ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Tagalog: co-sibling-in-law
 * Turkish: wife's sister's husband
 * Yoruba: àútà
 * Zazaki: becenağ