जामातृ

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”). Congate with Latin gener (“son-in-law”), Ancient Greek γαμβρός (gambrós, “any relative by marriage”), Russian зять (zjatʹ, “son-in-law”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɑ́ː.mɑː.tr̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɑːˈmɑː.t̪r̩/

Noun

जामातृ • (jā́mātṛ) stem, m

1. relative by marriage
   1. son-in-law
   2. brother-in-law (sister’s husband)
   3. husband

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of जामातृ (jā́mātṛ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	जामाता jā́mātā	जामातारौ / जामातारा¹ jā́mātārau / jā́mātārā¹	जामातारः jā́mātāraḥ
Vocative	जामातः jā́mātaḥ	जामातारौ / जामातारा¹ jā́mātārau / jā́mātārā¹	जामातारः jā́mātāraḥ
Accusative	जामातारम् jā́mātāram	जामातारौ / जामातारा¹ jā́mātārau / jā́mātārā¹	जामातॄन् jā́mātṝn
Instrumental	जामात्रा jā́mātrā	जामातृभ्याम् jā́mātṛbhyām	जामातृभिः jā́mātṛbhiḥ
Dative	जामात्रे jā́mātre	जामातृभ्याम् jā́mātṛbhyām	जामातृभ्यः jā́mātṛbhyaḥ
Ablative	जामातुः jā́mātuḥ	जामातृभ्याम् jā́mātṛbhyām	जामातृभ्यः jā́mātṛbhyaḥ
Genitive	जामातुः jā́mātuḥ	जामात्रोः jā́mātroḥ	जामातॄणाम् jā́mātṝṇām
Locative	जामातरि jā́mātari	जामात्रोः jā́mātroḥ	जामातृषु jā́mātṛṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• • Early Assamese: জমাই (jomai)
    • Assamese: জোঁৱাই (zü̃ai)
  • Bengali: জামাই (jamai)
  • Odia: ଜ୍ୱାଇଁ (jwāĩ)
  • Sylheti: ꠎꠣꠝꠣꠁ (zamai)
• • Kalasha: ǰamów
  • Kashmiri: zamaturu
• • Old Marathi: जावाइ (jāvāi)
    • Marathi: जावई (jāvaī)
  • Konkani: जांवै (zā̃vai)
• Pali: jāmātu
• Romani: zhamutro
• • Hindi: जँवाई (jãvāī), जमाई (jamāī)
  • Gujarati: જમાઈ (jamāī)
  • Punjabi: ਜਵਾਈ (javāī)
  • Nepali: ज्वाई (jwāī)