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

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dɑː.mɑːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.mɑːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.mɑːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.mɑːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔː.mɔːd̪̥]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.mɒːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.mɒːd̪̥]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [d̪uː.mɒːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔ.mɔd̪]

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))

1. 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."

2. 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.

3. (obsolete) father-in-law

   Synonym: پدرزن (pedar-zan)

4. (obsolete) ruler's brother-in-law

   Synonym: برادرزن (barâdar-zan)

5. (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 (dāmād)

• → Ottoman Turkish: داماد (dâmâd)
  • Turkish: damat
  • →⇒ Armenian: Տամատյան (Tamatyan)
  • →? Proto-Circassian: *tħamada
    • Adyghe: тхьаматэ (tḥamatɛ)
    • Kabardian: тхьэмадэ (tḥɛmadɛ) (see there for further descendants)
• → Punjabi: dāmād

  Gurmukhi script: ਦਾਮਾਦ

  Shahmukhi script: داماد (dāmād)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “داماد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul