داماد
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Noun
داماد (dâmâd) (definite accusative دامادؽ, plural دامادلار)
- Arabic spelling of dâmâd (“bridegroom, son-in-law”)
Declension
| 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 (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):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | dāmāḏ |
| Dari reading? | dāmād |
| Iranian reading? | dâmâd |
| Tajik reading? | domod |
Noun
| Dari | داماد |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | домод |
داماد • (dâmâd) (plural دامادها (dâmâd-hâ))
- 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."
- 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
Further reading
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “داماد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul