As a Hindi name
जाना
to go, leave, depart; to go to, extend; to be lost; an auxiliary verb
जाना · masculine
Platts (p. 372) also records: A daughter's husband, son-in-law ( = dā-mād, q.v.)
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit ग॒त — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *yéh₂ti Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáHti Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáHti Sanskrit याति॑ (yā́ti) Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti) Prakrit जाइ (jāi) Hindi जाना Inherited from Prakrit जाइ (jāi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti), from Sanskri…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a son-in-law, and (Tvaṣṭṛ's son-in-law = Vāyu), &c. (acc. sg. ˚tāram, pl. ˚taras, )
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Dictionary citations
jāmātṛ m. (jā-m˚ ‘maker of [new] offspring’, Nir. vi, 9; cf. yām˚ and vi-jām˚) a son-in-law, RV. viii, 2, 20 and (Tvaṣṭṛ's son-in-law = Vāyu), 26, 21 f.; Yājñ. i, 220; MBh. &c. (acc. sg. ˚tāram, R.; pl. ˚taras, Kathās.)
a brother-in-law, R. vii, 24, 30 and 34
a husband, L.
Scindapsus officinalis, L.
jāmātṛ m. [jāyāṃ māti minoti mimīte vā ni˚; cf. Uṇ. 2. 94] 1 A sonin-law; jāmātṛyajñena vayaṃ niruddhāḥ U. 1. 11; jāmātā daśamo grahaḥ Subhāṣ. 2 A lord, master. 3 The sunflower.
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