matem

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /məˈtəm/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /məˈtɛm/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /maˈtem/

matem

1. first-person plural present indicative form of matar
2. first-person plural present subjunctive form of matar
3. first-person plural imperative form of matar

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.tɛm/
• Rhymes: -atɛm
• Syllabification: ma‧tem

matem m

1. instrumental singular of mat

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈma.tɐ̃j̃]
• Rhymes: (Brazil) -atẽj̃, (Portugal) -atɐ̃j̃
• Hyphenation: ma‧tem

matem

1. inflection of matar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

From Ottoman Turkish ماتم‎ (matem), from Arabic مَأْتَم‎ (maʔtam, “mourning ceremony”).

matem (definite accusative matemi, plural matemler)

1. mourning
2. grief

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “matem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ماتم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1652
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN