Etymology

From Middle Persian dʾmʾt' ‎(dāmād), from Old Persian *𐎭𐎠𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎼 ‎(dāmātar-), from Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeme-.

Cognate with Manichaean Middle Persian dʾmʾd ‎(dāmād), Manichaean Parthian zʾmʾd ‎(zāmād), Alviri-Vidari دماد ‎(domād), Northern Kurdish zava, Central Kurdish زاوا ‎(zawa), Zazaki zama, Mazanderani زاما ‎(zāmā), Baluchi زامات ‎(zāmāt), Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 ‎(zāmātar-, “son-in-law”), Sanskrit जामातर् ‎(jāmātar), and Ancient Greek γαμβρός ‎(gambrós).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /dɒːˈmɒːd/