Bengali edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit मत (mata), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *matás, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tós (thought, opinion, feeling).

The postposition evolved from the noun with shift in sense: "opinion" > "(specific) way" > "like (that way)".

Pronunciation edit

  • (noun)
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /mɔt̪/, [ˈmɔt̪]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /mɔt̪/, [ˈmɔt̪]
  • (postpostion)
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /mɔt̪o/, [ˈmɔt̪oˑ], /mot̪o/, [ˈmot̪oˑ]
    (file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /mɔt̪o/, [ˈmɔt̪oˑ], /mot̪o/, [ˈmot̪oˑ]

Noun edit

মত (mot)

  1. opinion, view, consent
  2. tenet, doctrine

Postposition edit

মত (moto) (with genitive case)

  1. like, similar to, resembling
    আমি আপনাদের মধ্যে চলি, কিন্তু আমি আপনাদের মত নই.
    ami apnader modhye coli, kintu ami apnader moto noi.
    I move among you, but I am not like you.

Alternative forms edit

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Adjective edit

মত

  1. Bengali script form of mata (“dead”)
  2. Bengali script form of mata (“thought”)

Declension edit

Noun edit

মত n

  1. Bengali script form of mata (“opinion”)

Declension edit