Мақат

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ماقات
Cyrillic	Мақат
Latin	Maqat

Etymology

Unknown (but recorded in dictionaries). Possibly from Proto-Iranian *makatah (“apian”), via Persian [script needed] (*makat). Compare with Proto-Slavic *mečьka (“she-bear, little bear”) from Proto-Indo-European *meke- (“bee”). Related and less popular form мақай (maqai, “male bear”) seems reflects substantive adjective: *makayah (“apian”), via Persian [script needed] (*makay).

Proper noun

Мақат • (Maqat)

1. A town in the Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan
2. A mountain in the Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
3. a Мақат surname