ماتم

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ماتَم‎ (mātam), itself from Arabic مَأْتَم‎ (maʔtam).

Pronunciation

Noun

ماتَم • (mātam) m (Hindi spelling मातम)

  1. mourning, grief
  2. lamentation, beating the chest
  3. (by extension) regret, sorrow
  4. a women's gathering for a good deed or bad occasion
  5. (Shia Islam) ritual mourning (for Imam Hussain's martydom)

Declension
Declension of ماتم
singular plural
direct ماتَم‎ (mātam) ماتَم‎ (mātam)
oblique ماتَم‎ (mātam) ماتَموں‎ (mātamō̃)
vocative ماتَم‎ (mātam) ماتَمو‎ (mātamō)

References
  • “ماتم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “ماتم”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu ماتم‎ (mātam).

Noun

ماتم (mātam)

  1. mourning ceremony
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