# जामातृ
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* জামাতৃ (Assamese script)
* ᬚᬵᬫᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
* জামাতৃ (Bengali script)
* 𑰕𑰯𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀚𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
* ဇာမာတၖ (Burmese script)
* જામાતૃ (Gujarati script)
* ਜਾਮਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌜𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
* ꦗꦴꦩꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
* 𑂔𑂰𑂧𑂰𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
* ಜಾಮಾತೃ (Kannada script)
* ជាមាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
* ຊາມາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
* ജാമാതൃ (Malayalam script)
* ᡯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘕𑘰𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
* ᠽᠠᢗᠮᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦵𑧑𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐖𑐵𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
* ଜାମାତୃ (Odia script)
* ꢙꢵꢪꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆘𑆳𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
* 𑖕𑖯𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
* ජාමාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩣𑩛𑩴𑩛𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚑𑚭𑚢𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
* ஜாமாத்ரி (Tamil script)
* జామాతృ (Telugu script)
* ชามาตฺฤ (Thai script)
* ཛཱ་མཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒖𑒰𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨥𑨊𑨢𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́mātā (“son-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (zāmātar, “son-in-law”), Persian داماد (dâmâd), Ancient Greek γαμβρός (gambrós, “any relative by marriage”), γάμος (gámos) (whence English -gamy).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /d͡ʑɑ́ː.mɑː.tr̩/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d͡ʑɑːˈmɑː.t̪r̩/

### Noun

जामातृ • (jā́mātṛ) stem, m
* a son-in-law
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.26.21:तव॑ वायव् ऋतस्पते॒ त्वष्टु॑र् जामातर् अद्भुत। अवां॒स्य् आ वृ॑णीमहे॥táva vāyav ṛtaspate tváṣṭur jāmātar adbhuta. ávāṃsy ā́ vṛṇīmahe.Wonderful Vāyu, Lord of the Order, O thou who art Tvaṣṭar's son-in-law, Thy saving succour we elect.

#### Declension

Both 'a' and 'ā' occur in the strong stem:

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kalasha: ǰamów
** Kashmiri: زامتُر (zāmtur)
** Khowar: جَمار (jamaár)
* Helu Prakrit:
** Dhivehi: ދަނބި (daᵐbi)
* Khasa Prakrit:
** Nepali: ज्वाइँ (jwāĩ)
* Magadhi Prakrit:
** Bengali-Assamese:
*** Early Assamese: জমাই (jomai)
**** Assamese: জোঁৱাই (zü̃ai)
*** Bengali: জামাই (jamai)
*** Kamta: জাঙৈ (zaṅoi)
*** Sylheti: ꠎꠣꠝꠣꠁ (zamai), ꠎꠥꠀꠁ (zuai)
** Odia: ଜ୍ୱାଇଁ (jwāĩ)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀉𑀅 (jāmāua)
** *𑀚𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀅 ~ * 𑀚𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀺𑀅 (*jāmāia ~ * jāmādia)
*** Gujarati: જમાઈ (jamāī)
*** Hindustani: jamāī, jãvāī
    Hindi: जमाई, जँवाई
    Urdu: جَمائی (jamāī), جَن٘وائی (jãvāī)
*** Nepali: ज्वाइँ (jwāĩ)
*** Konkani: jā̃vãy
    Devanagari script: जांवंय
    Kannada script: ಜಾಂವಂಯ್
    Latin script: zanvoim
*** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: जावाइ (jāvāi), जावाई (jāvāī)
    Modi script: 𑘕𑘰𑘪𑘰𑘃 (jāvāī)
**** Marathi: जावई (jāvaī)
*** Odia: ଜ୍ୱାଇଁ (jwāĩ)
** 𑀚𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀉𑀬 (jāmāuya) — Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, 𑀚𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀼𑀅 (jāmādua) — Śaurasenī
* Paisaci Prakrit:
** Takka Apabhramsa:
*** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਜਵਾਈ (javāī)
    Shahmukhi script: جَوائی
** Vracada Apabhramsa:
*** Sindhi:
    Arabic script: ڄاٽرو
    Devanagari script: ॼाट्रो
* Pali: jāmātu
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀼𑀅 (jāmādua)
** Gurjara Apabhramsa:
*** Old Gujarati: जमाई (jamāī)
**** Gujarati: જમાઈ (jamāī)
**** Marwari: जमाई (jamāī)
** Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
*** Hindustani:
    Hindi: जँवाई (jãvāī), जमाई (jamāī)
    Urdu: جنوائی (jnvāī), جمائی
** Romani: ʒamutro

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “जामातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0419.