မတ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mat • ALA-LC: matʻ • BGN/PCGN: mat • Okell: maʔ

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (mat "steep"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Adjective

မတ် • (mat)

  1. steep, upright, vertical

Verb

မတ် • (mat)

  1. to right, make right

Derived terms

  • ကြပ်မတ် (krapmat)
  • ခရီးမတ်တတ် (hka.ri:mattat)
  • စိုက်စိုက်မတ်မတ် (cuikcuikmatmat)
  • စိုက်လိုက်မတ်တတ် (cuikluikmattat)
  • တစ်သမတ်တည်း (tacsa.mattany:)
  • တန်းတန်းမတ်မတ် (tan:tan:matmat)
  • မတ်စောက် (matcauk)
  • မတ်တတ် (mattat)
  • မတ်တတ်စင်း (mattatcang:)
  • မတ်တတ်စာ (mattatca)
  • မတ်တတ်နာ (mattatna)
  • မတ်တတ်ပြေး (mattatpre:)
  • မတ်မတ် (matmat)
  • မတ်ရပ်တော် (matraptau)
  • မျဉ်းမတ် (myany:mat)
  • မားမားမတ်မတ် (ma:ma:matmat)
  • မိုးတိုးမတ်တတ် (mui:tui:mattat)
  • လမ်းမတ်တတ် (lam:mattat)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Doesn't seem to have clear connections in other languages.”)

Noun

မတ် • (mat)

  1. brother-in-law, specifically younger sister's husband, or husband's younger brother
Coordinate terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Pali māsa, from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, bean).

Noun

မတ် • (mat)

  1. a quarter of a monetary unit (e.g., kyat, dollar)
  2. (historical) mat, a former Burmese coin equal to 25 pya (a quarter of a kyat)
Derived terms

See Appendix:Burmese units of measure.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English March.

Noun

မတ် • (mat)

  1. (~) March
Descendants
  • Shan: မၢတ်ႉ (mâ̰at)

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

Etymology 5

Borrowed from German Mark.

Noun

မတ် • (mat)

  1. mark (currency unit)

Further reading

Mon

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *mat (eye). Cognate with Nyah Kur มัด่, Khmer មាត់ (mŏət).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mòt/

Noun

မတ် (mòt)

  1. jewel precious stone.

Noun

မတ် (mòt)

  1. the edge of any cutting instrument.

Numeral

မတ် (mòt)

  1. in medical prescriptions.

Noun

မတ် (mòt)

  1. eye precious stone cutting edge edge of cutting instrument.