ماده

See also: مادة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَادَّة (mādda).

Noun

ماده • (madde) (plural مواد)

  1. matter
  2. article; paragraph
  3. subject; topic
  4. pus
  5. (vulgar) penis

Descendants

  • Turkish: madde
  • Romanian: madea

References

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian NKḆ, mʾtk' (mādag), from Proto-Iranian *māta-ka- (female creature), from *māta- (female), from *máHtā (mother).[1] Compare Old Armenian մատակ (matak), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? māda
Dari reading? māda
Iranian reading? mâde
Tajik reading? moda

Adjective

Dari ماده
Iranian Persian
Tajik мода

ماده • (mâde)

  1. female

Noun

Dari ماده
Iranian Persian
Tajik мода

ماده • (mâde)

  1. female
Derived terms
  • سگ ماده (sag-e mâde)

Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مَادَّة (mādda).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? mādda
Dari reading? mādda
Iranian reading? mâdde
Tajik reading? modda

Noun

Dari ماده
Iranian Persian
Tajik модда

ماده • (mâdde) (plural مواد (mavâdd))

  1. matter
  2. material
Derived terms
  • ماده تاریک (mâdde-ye târik, dark matter)
  • پادماده (pâd-mâdde, antimatter)
Descendants
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: माद्दा (māddā)
    Urdu: مادَّہ (mādda)

References

  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 358