zamā

Waigali

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *jāmātā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaˈmaː/

Noun

zamā (Nisheigram, Waigal)[1]

  1. son-in-law

References

  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “zamâ”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[1]
  • Jakob Halfmann (2022) Advances in the historical phonology of the Nuristani languages, in 'International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction 19, page 127
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