PTS Pali-English dictionary - The Pali Text Society's Pali-English dictionary
Jāmātar
Jāmātar，（& jāmāta J．IV，219） [Vedic jāmātar．Deriv．uncertain．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．gamέw； gambrόs，Lat．gener] daughter’s husband，son-inlaw Th．2，422 （=ThA．269 duhitu pati）； J．II，63； V，442．（Page 283）