# داماد
## Khalaj
### Noun

داماد (dâmâd) (definite accusative دامادؽ, plural دامادلار)
* Arabic spelling of dâmâd (“bridegroom, son-in-law”)

#### Declension
## 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: [dɑː.mɑːð]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪ɑː.mɑːd̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪ɑː.mɑːd̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪ɑː.mɑːd̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪ɔː.mɔːd̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪ɒː.mɒːd̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪ɒː.mɒːd̪̥]
** (Tehrani) IPA: [d̪uː.mɒːd̪̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪ɔ.mɔd̪]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

داماد • (dâmâd) (plural دامادها (dâmâd-hâ))
* 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-šowHe said to his daughter, "Guard yourself from this new bridegroom, do not become with child."
* 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.
* (obsolete) father-in-law
    Synonym: پدرزن (pedar-zan)
* (obsolete) ruler's brother-in-law
    Synonym: برادرزن (barâdar-zan)
* (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
*** 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

## 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 :

### 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: /d̪ɑː.mɑːd̪/
* Rhymes: -ɑːd̪
* Hyphenation: دا‧ماد

### Noun

داماد • (dāmād) m (Hindi spelling दामाद)
* son-in-law (daughter's husband)
    Synonym: جَن٘وَائِی (jãvāī)
* bridegroom

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ “داماد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

### Further reading

* “داماد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “داماد”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]