داماد

Khalaj

Noun

داماد (definite accusative دامادؽ, plural دامادلار)

1. Arabic spelling of dâmâd (“bridegroom, son-in-law”)

Declension

Declension of داماد

	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	دامادواره	دامادلارواره

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): /daː.ˈmaːd/

 

• (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]

• Rhymes: -aːd

Readings
Classical reading?	dāmād
Dari reading?	dāmād
Iranian reading?	dâmâd
Tajik reading?	domod

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	داماد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	домод

داماد • (dāmād / dâmâd) (plural دامادها (dāmād-hā / dâmâd-hâ), Tajik spelling домод)

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. 977-1010, ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی [Abū l-Qāsim Firdawsī Tūsī], “پادشاهی لهراسپ [King Lohrâsp]”, in شاهنامه [šāhnāma, Shahnameh]‎^[1]:

     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:

  Hindi: दामाद (dāmād)

  Urdu: داماد (dāmād)

• → Khalaj: dâmâd
• → Ottoman Turkish: داماد (dâmâd)
  • Turkish: damat
  • →⇒ Armenian: Տամատյան (Tamatyan)
  • →? Proto-Circassian: *tħamada
    • West Circassian: тхьаматэ (tḥamatɛ)
    • East Circassian: тхьэмадэ (tḥɛmadɛ)
      • → Abkhaz: а-ҭаҳмада (a-taḥmada), а-ҭҳамада (a-tḥamada, “old man”)
      • → Abaza: тхӏамада (tḥamada)
      • → Chechen: тхьамда (tḥʳamda)
      • → Ingush: тхьамада (tḥʳamada)
      • → Georgian: თამადა (tamada)
        • → Azerbaijani: tamada
        • → Armenian: թամադա (tʻamada)
        • → Bats: თამად (tamad)
        • → English: tamada
        • → Ossetian: тамада (tamada)
        • → Russian: тамада́ (tamadá)
        • → Ukrainian: тамада́ (tamadá)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਦਾਮਾਦ (dāmād)

  Shahmukhi script: داماد (dāmād)

Further reading

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

Urdu

Picture dictionary

داماد

نانی

نانا

دادی

دادا

ممانی

ماموں

خالو

خالہ

امی

ابو

تایا

تائی

پھپو

پھپا

چچا

چچی

بھانجا

بھانجی

جیجا

باجی

بہنوئی

بہن

بھینا

بھیا

بھابی

بھائی

بھابی

بھتیجا

بھتیجی

جٹھانی

جیٹھ

نندوئی

نند

دیورانی

دیور

سالا

سلہج

سالی

ہم زلف

سالا

سلہج

میاں

بیوی

سسر

ساس

بہو

بیٹا

پوتا

پوتی

بیٹی

داماد

نواسہ

نواسی

سسر

ساس

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَامَاد (dāmād). Doublet of جَن٘وَائِی (jãvāī). First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi داماد (damad /⁠dāmād⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.mɑːd̪/
• Rhymes: -ɑːd̪
• Hyphenation: دا‧ماد

Noun

داماد • (dāmād) m

1. son-in-law (daughter's husband)

   Synonym: جَن٘وَائِی (jãvāī)

2. bridegroom

Declension

Declension of داماد

	singular	plural
direct	داماد (dāmād)	داماد (dāmād)
oblique	داماد (dāmād)	دامادوں (dāmādõ)
vocative	داماد (dāmād)	دامادو (dāmādo)

Further reading

• “داماد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “داماد”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]