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ماتھا

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Etymology

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Sanskrit मस्तक (mastaka)
Prakrit 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀅 (matthaa)
Urdu ماتھا

    Inherited from Middle Hindi ماتھا (matha /⁠māthā⁠/) (c. 1503),[1] from Prakrit 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀬 (matthaya), from Sanskrit मस्तक (mastaka).[2]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    ماتھا • (māthā) m

    1. (anatomy) forehead
      Synonyms: پیشانی (peśānī), جَبِین (jabīn)
    2. top, upper (portion of something)
    3. (figuratively) trust, support

    Declension

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    Declension of ماتھا
    singular plural
    direct ماتھا (māthā) ماتھے (māthe)
    oblique ماتھے (māthe) ماتھوں (māthõ)
    vocative ماتھے (māthe) ماتھو (mātho)

    References

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    1. ^ “ماتھا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “masta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 571

    Further reading

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    • “ماتھا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “ماتھا”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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