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damat.

bridegroom

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/daːˈmat//daː.maːˈdɯ/

  1. bridegroom

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

Where this word comes from

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.

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