Maat
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Proper noun
Maat
- An Ancient Egyptian goddess, the personification of truth, order, and righteousness, symbolized by a feather.
Anagrams
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- Mart (less common)
Etymology
From Old High German marchāt, from Latin mercātus (compare German Markt).
Pronunciation
Noun
Maat m (plural Määt)
- (most dialects) market
German
Etymology
Via German Low German from Middle Low German māt, māte, from Old Saxon gimato, of West Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (“together”) + *matjô, from *matiz (“food”).[1][2]
Related to English mate, Dutch maat.
Pronunciation
Noun
Maat m (strong or mixed, genitive Maates or Maats, plural Maate or Maaten)
- (nautical) mate (naval non-commissioned officer)
- (nautical, Germany) a naval rank, “OR5” on the NATO rank scale
Declension
Declension of Maat
Derived terms
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “mate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Maat”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.