𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́mātā (“son-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”). Cognate with Sanskrit जामातृ (jā́mātṛ, “son-in-law”), Persian داماد (dâmâd), Northern Kurdish zava.

Noun

𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 • (zāmātar) m

1. son-in-law

Further reading

• Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Son-in-law”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary‎^[1], Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 475