Jāmātar (& jāmāta J iv.219) [Vedic jāmātar. Deriv. un- certain. BR. take it as jā+mātar, the builder up of the family, supposing the case where there is no son and the husband goes to live in the wife's family, a bīna marriage. More likely fr. ldg *gem, to marry. Cp. Gr. game/w; gambro/s, Lat. gener] daughter's husband, son -- inlaw Th 2, 422 (=ThA 269 duhitu pati); J ii.63; v.442.

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