See also: مادة

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic مَادَّة (mādda).

Noun edit

ماده (madde) (plural مواد)

  1. matter
  2. article; paragraph
  3. subject; topic
  4. pus
  5. (vulgar) penis

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: madde
  • Romanian: madea

References edit

Persian edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian NKḆ, mʾtk' (mādag), from Proto-Iranian *māta-ka- (female creature), from *māta- (female), from *máHtā (mother).[1] Compare Old Armenian մատակ (matak), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? māḏa
Dari reading? māda
Iranian reading? mâde
Tajik reading? moda

Adjective edit

Dari ماده
Iranian Persian
Tajik мода

ماده (mâde)

  1. female

Noun edit

Dari ماده
Iranian Persian
Tajik мода

ماده (mâde)

  1. female
Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic مَادَّة (mādda).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? māḏḏa
Dari reading? mādda
Iranian reading? mâdde
Tajik reading? modda

Noun edit

Dari ماده
Iranian Persian
Tajik модда

ماده (mâdde) (plural مواد (mavâdd))

  1. matter
  2. material
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 358