जामाता

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जामातृ (jā́mātṛ). Doublet of जमाई (jamāī) and दामाद (dāmād).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑː.mɑː.t̪ɑː/, [d͡ʒäː.mäː.t̪äː]

Noun

जामाता • (jāmātā) m (Urdu spelling جاماتا)

1. son-in-law

Declension

Declension of जामाता (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जामाता jāmātā	जामाते jāmāte
oblique	जामाते jāmāte	जामातों jāmātõ
vocative	जामाते jāmāte	जामातो jāmāto

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जामाता”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जामाता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “जामाता”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.