Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian <span class="searchmatch">𒈠𒁕</span> (ma-da /mada/, “land, country”) <span class="searchmatch">𒈠𒁕</span> • (MA.DA) Sumerogram of mātum (“land, country”) Borrowing from Akkadian...
(non-mimated) → Aramaic: מתא (māṯā, “region, country, town”) → Sumerian: <span class="searchmatch">𒈠𒁕</span> (ma-da /mada/) “mātu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute...
from Akkadian 𒆳 (mātum, “home country, native land”); compare Sumerian <span class="searchmatch">𒈠𒁕</span> (ma-da /mada/, “countryside, frontier”). (Standard) IPA(key): [maː.θaː...