ماتم
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ماتَم (mātam), from Arabic مَأْتَم (maʔtam).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mɑː.t̪əm/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -əm
- Hyphenation: ما‧تَم
Noun
ماتَم • (mātam) m (Hindi spelling मातम)
- mourning, grief
- Synonym: سوگ (sog)
- lamentation, beating the chest
- (by extension) regret, sorrow
- a women's gathering for a good deed or bad occasion
- (Shia Islam) ritual mourning (for Imam Hussain's martydom)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ماتَم (mātam) | ماتَم (mātam) |
| oblique | ماتَم (mātam) | ماتَموں (mātamõ) |
| vocative | ماتَم (mātam) | ماتَمو (mātamo) |
Further reading
- “ماتم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “ماتم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ماتم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
Ushojo
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu ماتَم (mātam), from Classical Persian ماتَم (mātam), from Arabic مَأْتَم (maʔtam).
Noun
ماتم (mātam)