माथ

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀣 (mattha), from Sanskrit मस्त (masta).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɑːt̪ʰ/, [mäːt̪ʰ]

माथ • (māth) m (Urdu spelling ماتھ)

1. synonym of माथा (māthā, “forehead”)
   • 2021, “हमारे साथ श्री रघुनाथ [hamāre sāth śrī raghunāth]”:

     हमारे साथ श्री रघुनाथ तो किस बात की चिंता ।
     शरण में रख दिया जब माथ तो किस बात की चिंता ।

     hamāre sāth śrī raghunāth to kis bāt kī cintā .
     śaraṇ mẽ rakh diyā jab māth to kis bāt kī cintā .

     When Lord Rama is with us, what do we have to worry about?
     When we have put our forehead in his refuge, what do we have to worry about?

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “माथ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 804
• “माथ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “masta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 571