दम्पति

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪əm.pə.t̪iː/,

दम्पति • (dampati) f

1. Alternative spelling of दंपति (dampti)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dáms-patiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáms-patiš, from Proto-Indo-European *déms pótis (“master of the house”), from *dṓm (“house”) (whence दम (dáma, “house, home”)) + *pótis (“master”) (whence पति (páti, “lord, master; husband”)). Cognate with Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs, “lord, master”), whence English despot.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́m.pɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɐm.pɐ.t̪i/

दम्पति • (dámpati) stem, m

1. the lord of the house

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   ubʰā́ rajī́ ná keśínā pátir dán

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2. (dual) husband and wife

• → Hindi: दंपति (dampti)
• → Old Javanese: dampatī
• → Malayalam: ദമ്പതി (dampati)
• → Punjabi: ਦੰਪਤੀ (dampatī)
• → Tamil: தம்பதி (tampati)
• → Telugu: దంపతులు (dampatulu)

• Monier Williams (1899) “दम्पति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0469.