مت

Compare مَدَّ (madda), مَطَّ (maṭṭa).

• IPA^(key): /mat.ta/

مَتَّ • (matta) I (non-past يَمُتُّ (yamuttu), verbal noun مَتّ (matt))

1. to spread; extend; stretch

مت (form I)

1. مُتُّ (muttu) /mut.tu/: first-person singular past active of مَاتَ (māta)
2. مُتَّ (mutta) /mut.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of مَاتَ (māta)
3. مُتِّ (mutti) /mut.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of مَاتَ (māta)
4. مُتْ (mut) /mut/: second-person masculine singular imperative of مَاتَ (māta)
5. مِتُّ (mittu) /mit.tu/: first-person singular past active of مَاتَ (māta)
6. مِتَّ (mitta) /mit.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of مَاتَ (māta)
7. مِتِّ (mitti) /mit.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of مَاتَ (māta)
8. مَتْ (mat) /mat/: second-person masculine singular imperative of مَاتَ (māta)

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: مَت

From Sanskrit मा (mā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁.

مت • (mat) (Hindi spelling मत)

1. don't (imperative negation)

   Synonym: نہ (nah)

   یہاں مت بیٹھو! ― yahā̃ mat baiṭho! ― Don't sit here!

مت as imperative negation is used in less sudden situations. A more urgent alternative is the subjunctive negation نہ (nā).

Borrowed from Sanskrit मत (mata), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *matás, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tós.

مَت • (mat) m (Hindi spelling मत)

1. religion, creed