မတ်

Burmese

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မတ်

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Pronunciation

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

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from English March.

Noun

မတ် • (mat)

1. (~လ) March

Descendants

• 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 2

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

Related terms

See Appendix:Burmese units of measure.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Noun

မတ် • (mat)

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

References

• “မတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Mon

Picture dictionary
တၞေင် တၞေင်မတ် သော်တၞေင်မတ် မတ် မုဟ် ပထောင်မုဟ် ကၞိင် ဇုတ်ဟၟင် ပါင် သၟန်ပါင် ထမိပ်
Click on labels in the image. ဍဵုဗဵုကေတ်ဗီုရုပ်။
မစပ်ကဵုခန္ဓကာယ ခန္ဓကာယ

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.