जमाई

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.mɑː.iː/, [d͡ʒɐ.mäː.iː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀼𑀅 (jāmādua) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)), from Sanskrit जामातृ (jā́mātṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-. Compare Punjabi ਜਵਾਈ (javāī), Gujarati જમાઈ (jamāī), Nepali ज्वाइँ (jwāĩ), Bengali জামাই (jamai), Assamese জোঁৱাই (zü̃ai), Marathi जावई (jāvaī), Konkani जांवंय (jāuvaiya). Doublet of दामाद (dāmād) and जामाता (jāmātā).

Noun

जमाई • (jamāī) m (Urdu spelling جمائی)

  1. son-in-law
    Synonym: दामाद (dāmād)
Declension
Declension of जमाई (masc ind ī-stem)
singular plural
direct जमाई
jamāī		 जमाई
jamāī
oblique जमाई
jamāī		 जमाइयों
jamāiyõ
vocative जमाई
jamāī		 जमाइयो
jamāiyo

References
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “जमाई”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जमाई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “जमाई”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Verb

जमाई • (jamāī)

  1. Alternative spelling of जमायी (jamāyī)

Old Gujarati

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀼𑀅 (jāmādua) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)), from Sanskrit जमातृ (jamātṛ) or जमातृक (jamātṛka). Cognate with Old Marathi 𑘕𑘰𑘪𑘰𑘃 (jāvāī).

Noun

जमाई • (jamāī) ?

  1. son-in-law

Descendants
  • Gujarati: જમાઈ (jamāī)
  • Marwari: जमाई (jamāī)
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