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ماتم

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Urdu

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ماتَم (mātamm (Hindi spelling मातम)

  1. mourning, grief
    Synonym: سوگ (sog)
  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

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    Declension of ماتم
singular plural
direct ماتَم (mātam) ماتَم (mātam)
oblique ماتَم (mātam) ماتَموں (mātamõ)
vocative ماتَم (mātam) ماتَمو (mātamo)

Further reading

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  • ماتم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ماتم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ماتم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.

Ushojo

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Etymology

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

Noun

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ماتم (mātam)

  1. mourning ceremony