मतवाला

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *matˢtás

Sanskrit म॒त्त (mattá)

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-

Sanskrit पा (pā)?

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Sanskrit पार (pāra)?

Sanskrit पाल (pāla)

Prakrit 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀯𑀸𑀮 (mattavāla)

Hindi मतवाला (matvālā)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀯𑀸𑀮 (mattavāla) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit *मत्तपाल (mattapāla).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mət̪.ʋɑː.lɑː/, [mɐt̪.wäː.läː]

Adjective

मतवाला • (matvālā) (Urdu spelling مَتْوالا)

1. intoxicated, drunken, drunk, wayward

   Synonyms: मस्त (mast), मत्त (matt), पीत (pīt)

Declension

Declension of मतवाला (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	मतवाला matvālā	मतवाले matvāle	मतवाली matvālī	मतवाली matvālī
oblique	मतवाले matvāle	मतवाले matvāle	मतवाली matvālī	मतवाली matvālī
vocative	मतवाले matvāle	मतवाले matvāle	मतवाली matvālī	मतवाली matvālī

Noun

मतवाला • (matvālā) m (Urdu spelling مَتْوالا)

1. an intoxicated or drunken man

Declension

Declension of मतवाला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मतवाला matvālā	मतवाले matvāle
oblique	मतवाले matvāle	मतवालों matvālõ
vocative	मतवाले matvāle	मतवालो matvālo

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “मतवाला”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 493.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मतवाला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 786
• “मतवाला”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.