မတ်

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See also: မိတ်, မှုတ်, and မြိတ်

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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

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

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. (~လ) March
Descendants
  • → Shan: မၢတ်ႉ (mâ̰at)

See also

(Gregorian calendar months) ဇန်နဝါရီ (janna.wari), ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ (hpehpauwari), မတ် (mat), ဧပြီ (e-pri), မေ (me), ဇွန် (jwan), ဇူလိုင် (juluing), ဩဂုတ် (au:gut), စက်တင်ဘာ (caktangbha), အောက်တိုဘာ (auktuibha), နိုဝင်ဘာ (nuiwangbha), ဒီဇင်ဘာ (dijangbha) (Category: my:Months)

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

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.
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