মত

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मत (mata), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *matás, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tós (thought, opinion, feeling).

The postposition evolved from the noun with shift in sense: "opinion" > "(specific) way" > "like (that way)".

Pronunciation

  • (noun) (Rarh) IPA(key): /mɔt̪/, [mɔt̪]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /mɔt̪/, [mɔt̪]
  • (postpostion) (Rarh) IPA(key): /mɔt̪o/, [mɔt̪oˑ], /mot̪o/, [mot̪oˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /mɔt̪o/, [mɔt̪oˑ], /mot̪o/, [mot̪oˑ]
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Noun

মত (mot)

  1. opinion, view, consent
  2. tenet, doctrine

Postposition

g (moto) (with genitive case)

  1. like, similar to, resembling
    আমি আপনাদের মধ্যে চলি, কিন্তু আমি আপনাদের মত নই.
    ami apnader modhye coli, kintu ami apnader moto noi.
    I move among you, but I am not like you.

Alternative forms

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

মত

  1. Bengali script form of mata (“dead”)
  2. Bengali script form of mata (“thought”)

Declension

Noun

মত n

  1. Bengali script form of mata (“opinion”)

Declension

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