ماده

See also: مادة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَادَّة (mādda).

Noun

ماده • (madde) (plural مواد)

1. matter
2. article; paragraph
3. subject; topic
4. pus
5. (vulgar) penis

Related terms

• مادةً (maddeten)

Descendants

• Turkish: madde
• → Romanian: madea

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ماده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1090
• Mallouf, Nassif (1867) “ماده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 1177
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1653

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian NKḆ, mʾtk' (mādag), from Proto-Iranian *māta-ka- (“female creature”), from *māta- (“female”), from *máHtā (“mother”). Compare Old Armenian մատակ (matak), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mɑː.ˈða]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪ǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪ǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪ǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.d̪ǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒː.d̪é]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔ.d̪ǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	māḏa
Dari reading?	māda
Iranian reading?	mâde
Tajik reading?	moda

Adjective

Dari	ماده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мода

ماده • (mâde)

1. female

Noun

Dari	ماده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мода

ماده • (mâde)

1. female

Derived terms

• سگ ماده (sag-e mâde)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मादा (mādā)

  Urdu: مادَہ (māda)

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَادَّة (mādda).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mɑːð.ˈda]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑːd̪.d̪ǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑːd̪.d̪ǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑːd̪.d̪ǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔːd̪.d̪ǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒːd̪.d̪é]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔd̪.d̪ǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	māḏḏa
Dari reading?	mādda
Iranian reading?	mâdde
Tajik reading?	modda

Noun

Dari	ماده
Iranian Persian
Tajik	модда

ماده • (mâdde) (plural مواد (mavâdd))

1. matter
2. material

Derived terms

• ماده تاریک (mâdde-ye târik)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  → Urdu: مادَّہ (mādda)

  Hindi: माद्दा (māddā)