ماتھا

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Sanskrit मस्तक (mastaka)

Prakrit 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀅 (matthaa)

Urdu ماتھا (māthā)

Inherited from Middle Hindi ماتھا (matha /⁠māthā⁠/) (c. 1503),^[1] from Prakrit 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀬 (matthaya), from Sanskrit मस्तक (mastaka).^[2]

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɑː.t̪ʰɑː/
Rhymes: -ɑː
Hyphenation: ما‧تھا

Noun

ماتھا • (māthā) m (Hindi spelling माथा)

(anatomy) forehead
Synonyms: پیشانی (peśānī), جَبِین (jabīn)
top, upper (portion of something)
(figuratively) trust, support

Declension

Declension of **ماتھا**
	singular	plural
direct	ماتھا (māthā)	ماتھے (māthe)
oblique	ماتھے (māthe)	ماتھوں (māthõ)
vocative	ماتھے (māthe)	ماتھو (mātho)

References

^ “ماتھا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “masta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 571

Further reading

“ماتھا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “ماتھا”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]