మాట
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See also: మంట
Telugu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *māṯ(ṯ/-tt-) (“changed, altered”), whence మాఱు (māṟu), మాఱ్పు (māṟpu). Cognate with Kannada ಮಾತು (mātu), Tamil மாட்டு (māṭṭu).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- word
- Synonyms: నుడి (nuḍi), పలుకు (paluku)
- ఉపనయనమునాటి మాట వుండక పోదు
- upanayanamunāṭi māṭa vuṇḍaka pōdu
- The word (taught) on the day of Upanayana will not be forgotten.
- 1977, Kondaveeti Venkatakavi, "Archaryadeva!", in N. T. Rama Rao, director, Daana Veera Soora Karna (motion picture), spoken by Karna (N. T. Rama Rao):
- జాతి నెపమున సూత సుతునకిందు నిలువ అర్హత లేదందువా? ఎంత మాట, ఎంత మాట!
- jāti nepamuna sūta sutunakindu niluva arhata lēdanduvā? enta māṭa, enta māṭa!
- On the pretext of caste, you claim that this charioteer has no right to stand in this competition? What words, what words!
- A thing said.
- promise
- Synonym: నుడి (nuḍi)
- నేను వాడికి నా మాట ఇచ్చాను.
- nēnu vāḍiki nā māṭa iccānu.
- I made him a promise. (Literally: I gave him my word.)
- opinion
- నామాట వేరు, నీమాట వేరు.
- nāmāṭa vēru, nīmāṭa vēru.
- My opinion is different; your opinion is different.
- rumour, slander
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- "మాట" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 976
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “māṟu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 429.
- మాట at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)