माथ

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀣 (mattha), from Sanskrit मस्त (masta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɑːt̪ʰ/, [mäːt̪ʰ]

Noun

माथ • (māth) m (Urdu spelling ماتھ)

1. Synonym of माथा (māthā, “forehead”)
   • 2021, “हमारे साथ श्री रघुनाथ [hamāre sāth śrī raghunāth]”:

     हमारे साथ श्री रघुनाथ तो किस बात की चिंता ।
     शरण में रख दिया जब माथ तो किस बात की चिंता ।

     hamāre sāth śrī raghunāth to kis bāt kī cintā .
     śaraṇ mẽ rakh diyā jab māth to kis bāt kī cintā .

     When Lord Rama is with us, what do we have to worry about?
     When we have put our forehead in his refuge, what do we have to worry about?

Declension

Declension of माथ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	माथ māth	माथ māth
oblique	माथ māth	माथों māthõ
vocative	माथ māth	माथो mātho

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “माथ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 804
• “माथ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “masta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 571