माता

See also: मौत, मातृ, मृत, मातें, मति, मत, मूत, and मिति

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɑː.t̪ɑː/, [mäː.t̪äː]
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Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit माता (mātā). Doublet of माँ (mā̃).

Noun

माता • (mātā) f (masculine पिता, Urdu spelling ماتا‎)

mother
Synonyms: अंबा (ambā), जननी (jannī), अम्मा (ammā), माँ (mā̃)

Declension

Declension of माता (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	माता mātā	माताएँ mātāẽ
oblique	माता mātā	माताओं mātāõ
vocative	माता mātā	माताओ mātāo

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit मत्तक (mattaka, “intoxicated”).

Adjective

माता • (mātā) (Urdu spelling ماتا‎)[1][2]

intoxicated, drunk

References

Platts, John T. (1884), “माता”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 978
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mattá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 560

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit माता (mātā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mät̪ä]

Phonetic Devanagari: माता

Noun

माता • (mātā) f

mother
Synonyms: जननी (jananī), आमा (āmā)

Declension

Declension of माता
	Singular	Plural
nominative	माता [mät̪ä]	माताहरू [mät̪ä̤ːɾu]
accusative	मातालाई [mät̪äläi]	माताहरूलाई [mät̪ä̤ːɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	माताले [mät̪äle]	माताहरूले [mät̪ä̤ːɾule]
dative	मातालाई [mät̪äläi]	माताहरूलाई [mät̪ä̤ːɾuläi]
ablative	माताबाट [mät̪äbäʈʌ]	माताहरूबाट [mät̪ä̤ːɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	माताको [mät̪äko]	माताहरूको [mät̪ä̤ːɾuko]
locative	मातामा [mät̪ämä]	माताहरूमा [mät̪ä̤ːɾumä]

Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Pali

Alternative forms

mātā (Latin script)
𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
মাতা (Bengali script)
මාතා (Sinhalese script)
မာတာ or မႃတႃ (Burmese script)
มาตา (Thai script)
ᨾᩣᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ມາຕາ (Lao script)
មាតា (Khmer script)
𑄟𑄂𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

माता

Devanagari script form of mātā, which is nominative/vocative singular of मातर् (mātar, “mother”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬫᬵᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
মাতা (Assamese script)
মাতা (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
𑌮𑌾𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
માતા (Gujarati script)
ਮਾਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦩꦴꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
មាតា (Khmer script)
ಮಾತಾ (Kannada script)
ມາຕາ (Lao script)
മാതാ (Malayalam script)
𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᢗᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
မာတာ (Burmese script)
𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
ମାତା (Oriya script)
ꢪꢵꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
මාතා (Sinhalese script)
మాతా (Telugu script)
มาตา (Thai script)
མཱ་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

See मातृ (mātṛ).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑː.tɑː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.t̪ɑː/

Noun

माता • (mātā) f

mother
Synonyms: मातृ (mātṛ), अम्बा (ambā), जननी (jananī)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of माता (mātā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	माता mātā	माते māte	माताः mātāḥ
Vocative	माते māte	माते māte	माताः mātāḥ
Accusative	माताम् mātām	माते māte	माताः mātāḥ
Instrumental	मातया / माता¹ mātayā / mātā¹	माताभ्याम् mātābhyām	माताभिः mātābhiḥ
Dative	मातायै mātāyai	माताभ्याम् mātābhyām	माताभ्यः mātābhyaḥ
Ablative	मातायाः mātāyāḥ	माताभ्याम् mātābhyām	माताभ्यः mātābhyaḥ
Genitive	मातायाः mātāyāḥ	मातयोः mātayoḥ	मातानाम् mātānām
Locative	मातायाम् mātāyām	मातयोः mātayoḥ	मातासु mātāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899), “माता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 807.

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[1] Platts, John T. (1884), “माता”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 978

[2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mattá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 560