मातम

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic مَأْتَم (maʔtam). Compare Punjabi ਮਾਤਮ (mātam) / ماتَم (mātam), Gujarati માતમ (mātam).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɑː.t̪əm/, [mäː.t̪ɐ̃m]

Noun[edit]

मातम • (mātam) m (Urdu spelling ماتم)

mourning, grief
Synonym: शोक (śok)

Declension[edit]

Declension of मातम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मातम mātam	मातम mātam
oblique	मातम mātam	मातमों mātamõ
vocative	मातम mātam	मातमो mātamo

References[edit]

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मातम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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