داماد

Khalaj

Noun

داماد (dâmâd) (definite accusative دامادؽ, plural دامادلار)

1. Arabic spelling of dâmâd (“bridegroom, son-in-law”)

Declension

Declension of داماد

	singular	plural
nominative	داماد	دامادلار
genitive	دامادؽݧ	دامادلارؽݧ
dative	دامادقا	دامادلارقا
definite accusative	دامادؽ	دامادلارؽ
locative	دامادچا	دامادلارچا
ablative	داماددا	دامادلاردا
instrumental	دامادلا	دامادلارلا
equative	دامادوارا	دامادلاروارا

Persian

Alternative forms

• دوماد (dumâd) (eye-dialect)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾmʾt' /⁠dāmād⁠/), from Old Persian *𐎭𐎠𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎼 (*d-a-m-a-t-r /⁠dāmātar-⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *jā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”).

Cognate with Northern Kurdish zava, Pashto زوم (zum), Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (zāmātar), Sanskrit जामातृ (jāmātṛ), Ancient Greek γαμβρός (gambrós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dɑː.mɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.mɑːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.mɑːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.mɑːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔː.mɔːd̪̥]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.mɒːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.mɒːd̪̥]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [d̪uː.mɒːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔ.mɔd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	dāmāḏ
Dari reading?	dāmād
Iranian reading?	dâmâd
Tajik reading?	domod

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Noun

Dari	داماد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	домод

داماد • (dâmâd) (plural دامادها (dâmâd-hâ))

1. bridegroom
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 3720:

     گفت دختر را کزین داماد نو، خویشتن پرهیز کن حامل مشو.

     goft doxtar-râ k-az-in dâmâd-e now, xištan parhiz kon hâmel ma-šow

     He said to his daughter, "Guard yourself from this new bridegroom, do not become with child."

2. son-in-law
   • c. 1000, Ferdowsi, “پادشاهی لهراسپ [King Lohrâsp]”, in شاهنامه [Shahnameh]:

     یکی منظری پیش ایوان خویش، برآورده چون تخت رخشان خویش، به میدان شدندی دو داماد اوی، بیاراستندی دل شاد اوی.

     yeki manzari piš-e ivân-e xiš, bar-âvarde čon taxt-e roxšân-e xiš, be meydân šodandi do dâmâd-e uy, bey-ârâstandi del-e šâd-e uy.

     He erected a portico before his own palace, resembling his own shining throne; his two sons-in-law made their way to the square, and delighted his gladdened heart.

3. (obsolete) father-in-law

   Synonym: پدرزن (pedar-zan)

4. (obsolete) ruler's brother-in-law

   Synonym: برادرزن (barâdar-zan)

5. (obsolete) wooer, lover

Derived terms

• تازه داماد (tâze-dâmâd)
• خانه داماد (xâne-dâmâd)
• داماد سرخونه (dâmâd-sar-xune)
• دامادی (dâmâdi)

 

Descendants

• → Alviri-Vidari: دماد
• → Bengali: দামাদ (damad)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दामाद (dāmād)

  Urdu: داماد (dāmād)

• → Khalaj: dâmâd
• → Ottoman Turkish: داماد (dâmâd)
  • Turkish: damat
  • →⇒ Armenian: Տամատյան (Tamatyan)
  • →? Proto-Circassian: *tħamada
    • Adyghe: тхьаматэ (tḥamatɛ)
    • Kabardian: тхьэмадэ (tḥɛmadɛ) (see there for further descendants)
• → Punjabi:dāmād

  Gurmukhi script: ਦਾਮਾਦ

  Shahmukhi script: داماد (dāmād)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “داماد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul