мад

Ossetian

Etymology

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

Noun

мад • (mad) (plural мадӕлтӕ)

1. (Iron dialect) mother

   мады лӕг ― mady læg ― stepfather

   Мады Майрӕм ― Mady Majræm ― Virgin Mary

See also

• мадӕ (madæ) (Digor dialect)