مأتم

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Arabic

Root
ء ت م (ʔ-t-m)

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ء ت م (ʔ-t-m).

Noun

مَأْتَم (maʔtamm (plural مَآتِم (maʔātim))

  1. mourning ceremony
  2. (Shia Islam) a religious practice of mourning Hussain ibn Ali associated with Ashura
  3. (Shia Islam, regional) hussainiya, a place where ma'tam is held
    Synonyms: حُسَيْنِيَّة (ḥusayniyya), (dialectal) مَجْلِس (majlis)

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: matəm
  • Northern Kurdish: matem
  • Persian: ماتم (mâtam)
    > Hindi: मातम (mātam) (inherited)
    > Urdu: ماتم (inherited)
  • Ottoman Turkish: ماتم (mātem)
    > Turkish: matem (inherited)
    > Crimean Tatar: matem (inherited)
  • Tatar: матәм (matäm), matäm
  • Uyghur: ماتەم (matem)
  • Uzbek: motam