damat

Meaning

1. bridegroom
2. son-in-law; the husband of one's daughter

Concepts

son-in-law

bridegroom

groom

bride

fiancé

stepson

Synonyms

güvey

enişte

güveyi

koca

Translations

Schwiegersohn

beau-fils

gendre

genero

genro

Bräutigam

schoonzoon

sposo

gendre

zava

yerno

γαμπρός

novio

Eidam

Pronounced as (IPA)

[d̪aːˈmat̪]

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: داماد

Cognate with English: gamete

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish داماد (dâmâd), from Classical Persian داماد (dâmâd), 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 English gamete, -gamous, -gamy.