मात

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɑːt̪/, [mäːt̪]

Inherited from Prakrit मत्ता (mattā), from Sanskrit मात्रा (mātrā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́tram, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁-tro-m (“measurement”).

मात • (māt) f (Urdu spelling مات)

1. (rare) measurement, matra

   Synonym: मात्रा (mātrā)

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit माता (mātā).

मात • (māt) f (Urdu spelling مات)

1. (regional, archaic) mother

   Synonyms: माता (mātā), माँ (mā̃)

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَات (māt). See there for more. The chess sense is from Classical Persian شَاه مَات (šāh māt, “the king is amazed”), for which compare English mate.

मात • (māt) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مات)

1. taken aback, astonished
2. defeated, outdone
3. (chess) checkmated

मात • (māt)

1. checkmate!

मात • (māt) f (Urdu spelling مات)

1. defeat
2. (chess) checkmate

   Synonym: शहमात (śahmāt)

• मात देना (māt denā, “to mate”)
• मात करना (māt karnā, “to beat a record, outshine”)
• मात खाना (māt khānā, “to be outdone”)
• शह में मात (śah mẽ māt, “check and mate”)
• शहमात (śahmāt, “checkmate”)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मात”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मात”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

• मातु (mātu)

Borrowed from Kannada ಮಾತು (mātu, “speech”).

मात (māta) f (Modi 𑘦𑘰𑘝)

1. conversation, talk
2. description
3. news
4. praise

• Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “मात”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan