мад

Ossetian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian (compare Persian مادر‏ (mâdar), Baluchi مات‏ (mát), Pashto مور‏ (mor), Kurdish mak, Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭‏ (mātar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Hindi माता (mātā)), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (compare Armenian մայր (mayr), Greek μητέρα (mitéra), Russian мать (mat'), Italian madre, English mother).

Noun

мад • (mad) (plural мадӕлтӕ)

1. (Iron dialect) mother

   мады лӕг — stepfather

   Мады Майрӕм — Virgin Mary

See also

• мадӕ (madæ) (Digor dialect)