Madras

See also: madras and madrás

English

Etymology

The etymology is uncertain; it may derive from Madraspattinam. See Wikipedia for several possible etymologies.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈdɹæs/

Proper noun

Madras

1. Former name of Chennai (the state capital of Tamil Nadu, India).
2. A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Oregon, United States.

Synonyms

• Chennai (current name)

Translations

city

• Arabic: مَدْرَاس m (madrās)
• Armenian: Մադրաս (Madras)
• Bengali: মাদ্রাজ (madraj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬德拉斯／马德拉斯 (zh) (Mǎdélāsī), 马德拉斯 (zh) (Mǎdélāsī)

• Danish: Madras
• Dutch: Madras
• Finnish: Madras
• French: Madras (fr) m
• German: Madras n
• Hindi: मद्रास (hi) (madrās), मदरास (hi) m (madrās)
• Japanese: マドラス (Madorasu)
• Kannada: ಮದ್ರಾಸು (kn) (madrāsu)
• Korean: 마드라스 (Madeuraseu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malayalam: മദ്രാസ് (madrāsŭ)
• Polish: Madras m
• Portuguese: Madras f, Madrasta f
• Russian: Мадра́с m (Madrás)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ма̀драс m

  Roman: Màdras (sh) m

• Spanish: Madras m
• Swedish: Madras
• Tagalog: Madras
• Tamil: மெட்ராஸ் (meṭrās)
• Telugu: మద్రాసు (madrāsu)
• Urdu: مدراس (madrās)

Noun

Madras

1. (British) A style of curry dish purported to originate from the Madras region.

   I’ll have the Chicken Madras.

See also

• Chennai

Anagrams

• Mardas, damars, dramas, masdar

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Madras f

1. Madras, Chennai (a city, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)

Synonyms

• Chennai, Madrasta

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎdras/
• Hyphenation: Mad‧ras

Proper noun

Màdras m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀драс)

1. Madras

Declension

Declension of Madras

	singular
nominative	Madras
genitive	Madrasa
dative	Madrasu
accusative	Madras
vocative	Madrase
locative	Madrasu
instrumental	Madrasom

References

• “Madras” in Hrvatski jezični portal