متوالا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀯𑀸𑀮 (mattavāla) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit *मत्त पाल (*mattapāla).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mət̪.ʋɑː.lɑː/

Adjective

مَتْوالا • (matvālā) (Hindi spelling मतवाला)

intoxicated, drunk, wayward
Synonym: مَسْت (mast)

Declension

Declension of **متوالا**
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	مَتْوالا (matvālā)	مَتْوالے (matvāle)		مَتْوالی (matvālī)	مَتْوالی (matvālī)
indirect	مَتْوالے (matvāle)	مَتْوالے (matvāle)		مَتْوالی (matvālī)	مَتْوالی (matvālī)

Noun

مَتْوالا • (matvālā) m (Hindi spelling मतवाला)

an intoxicated or drunk man

Declension

Declension of **متوالا**
	singular	plural
direct	مَتْوالا (matvālā)	مَتْوالے (matvāle)
oblique	مَتْوالے (matvāle)	مَتْوالوں (matvālõ)
vocative	مَتْوالے (matvāle)	مَتْوالو (matvālo)

References

“متوالا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Platts, John T. (1884) “متوالا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 996
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “متوالا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 566