जामातृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬚᬵᬫᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
জামাতৃ (Assamese script)
জামাতৃ (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰯𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
𑌜𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
જામાતૃ (Gujarati script)
ਜਾਮਾਤ੍ਹ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦗꦴꦩꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
ជាមាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
ಜಾಮಾತೃ (Kannada script)
ຊາມາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
ജാമാതൃ (Malayalam script)
𑘕𑘰𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
ᠽᠠᢗᠮᠠᢗᢐᠷᢈ (Mongolian script)
ᡯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
ဇာမာတၖ (Burmese script)
𑦵𑧑𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑐵𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
ଜାମାତୃ (Oriya script)
ꢙꢵꢪꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑆳𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖯𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
ජාමාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
జామాతృ (Telugu script)
ชามาตฺฤ (Thai script)
ཛཱ་མཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑒰𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́mātā (“son-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭‎ (zāmātar, “son-in-law”), Persian ‎ (dâmâd), Ancient Greek γαμβρός (gambrós, “any relative by marriage”), γάμος (gámos) (whence English -gamy).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɑ́ː.mɑː.tr̩/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɑːˈmɑː.t̪r̩/

Noun

जामातृ • (jā́mātṛ) m

a son-in-law
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.26.21:
  तव वायवृतस्पते त्वष्टुर्जामातर्अद्भुत ।
  अवांस्या वृणीमहे ॥
  tava vāyavṛtaspate tvaṣṭurjāmātaradbhuta .
  avāṃsyā vṛṇīmahe .
  Wonderful Vāyu, Lord of what is Right, O thou who art Tvaṣṭar's son-in-law,
  Thy saving succour we elect.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of जामातृ (jā́mātṛ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जामाता jā́mātā	जामातारौ / जामातारा¹ jā́mātārau / jā́mātārā¹	जामातारः jā́mātāraḥ
Vocative	जामातः jā́mātaḥ	जामातारौ / जामातारा¹ jā́mātārau / jā́mātārā¹	जामातारः jā́mātāraḥ
Accusative	जामातारम् jā́mātāram	जामातारौ / जामातारा¹ jā́mātārau / jā́mātārā¹	जामातॄन् jā́mātṝn
Instrumental	जामात्रा jā́mātrā	जामातृभ्याम् jā́mātṛbhyām	जामातृभिः jā́mātṛbhiḥ
Dative	जामात्रे jā́mātre	जामातृभ्याम् jā́mātṛbhyām	जामातृभ्यः jā́mātṛbhyaḥ
Ablative	जामातुः jā́mātuḥ	जामातृभ्याम् jā́mātṛbhyām	जामातृभ्यः jā́mātṛbhyaḥ
Genitive	जामातुः jā́mātuḥ	जामात्रोः jā́mātroḥ	जामातॄणाम् jā́mātṝṇām
Locative	जामातरि jā́mātari	जामात्रोः jā́mātroḥ	जामातृषु jā́mātṛṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kalasha: ǰamów
- Kashmiri: زامتُر‎ (zāmtur)
- Khowar: جَمار‎ (jamaár)
Helu:
- Dhivehi: ދަނބި‎ (daᵐbi)
Khasa Prakrit:
- Nepali: ज्वाइँ (jwāĩ)
Magadhi Prakrit:
- Bengali-Assamese:
  - Early Assamese: জমাই (jomai)
    - Assamese: জোঁৱাই (zü̃ai)
  - Bengali: জামাই (jamai)
  - Kamta: জাঙৈ (zaṅoi)
  - Sylheti: ꠎꠣꠝꠣꠁ (zamai), ꠎꠥꠀꠁ (zuai)
- Oriya: ଜ୍ୱାଇଁ (jwaim̐)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀉𑀅 (jāmāua)
Paisaci Prakrit:
- Takka Apabhramsa:
  - Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi: ਜਵਾਈ (javāī)
    
    Shahmukhi: جَوائی‎ (javā'ī)
- Vracada Apabhramsa:
  - Sindhi:
    Arabic: ڄاٽرو‎
    
    Devanagari: ॼाट्रो
Pali: jāmātu
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀼𑀅 (jāmādua)
- Gurjar Apabhramsa:
  - Old Gujarati: जमाई (jamāī)
    - Gujarati: જમાઈ (jamāī)
    - Marwari: जमाई (jamāī)
- Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
  - Hindustani:
    Hindi: जँवाई (jãvāī), जमाई (jamāī)
    
    Urdu: جنوائی‎, جمائی‎
- Romani: ʒamutro

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