مدت

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

مدت (form I)

  1. مَدَّتْ (maddat) /mad.dat/: third-person feminine singular past active of مَدَّ (madda)
  2. مُدَّتْ (muddat) /mud.dat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of مَدَّ (madda)

Etymology 2

Verb

مَدَتْ (madat) (form I) /ma.dat/

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of مَدَى (madā)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُدَّة (mudda).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? muḏḏat
Dari reading? muddat
Iranian reading? moddat
Tajik reading? muddat

Noun

Dari مدت
Iranian Persian
Tajik муддат

مُدَّت (moddat)

  1. time, period, duration
    مدت زیادی در شرکت کار می‌کردیم.
    moddat-e ziyâdi dar šerkat kâr mi-kardim.
    We worked at the company for a long time.

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مدد (madad).

Pronunciation

Noun

مَدَتَ (madataf (Devanagari मदत, Khudawadi 𑋗𑋏𑋍)

  1. help, support

References

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “مَدَتَ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • Khānu, Balocu (19601988) “مَدَت”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

Urdu

Pronunciation

Noun

مدت (muddatf (Hindi spelling मुद्दत)

  1. period, duration