داماد

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): /dɑːmɑːd/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /dɒːmɒːd/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /dɒːmɒːd/

(Tehrani): IPA^(key): /duːmɒːd/

(Tajik): IPA^(key): /dɔːmɔːd/

Noun

Iranian Persian	داماد
Dari	داماد
Tajik	домод (domod)

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

bridegroom
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., 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."
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.
(obsolete) father-in-law
Synonym: پدرزن‎ (pedar-zan)
(obsolete) ruler's brother-in-law
Synonym: برادرزن‎ (barâdar-zan)
(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: dāmād
Hindi: दामाद
Urdu: داماد‎
→ Ottoman Turkish: داماد‎ (dâmâd)
- Turkish: damat
- →⇒ Armenian: Տամատյան (Tamatyan)
- →? Proto-Circassian: *tħamada
  - Adyghe: тхьаматэ (tḥaamaate)
  - Kabardian: тхьэмадэ (tḥemaade) (see there for further descendants)