мад
Mongolian edit
| Mongolian | Cyrillic |
|---|---|
| ᠮᠠᠳ (mad) | мад (mad) |
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈmat/
- Syllabification: мад (1 syllable)
Noun edit
мад • (mad)
- (chess) checkmate
- (figurative) a state of total victory in an argument
- (figurative) a dead-end situation
Derived terms edit
- мад болох (mad bolox)
- мад тавиулах (mad taviulax)
- мад тавих (mad tavix)
- мад хийх (mad xiix)
- мад цохих (mad coxix)
- мадаас өөр хожилгүй, махнаас өөр хоолгүй (madaas öör xožilgüj, maxnaas öör xoolgüj)
Further reading edit
- “мад”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present
Ossetian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Iranian *máHtā (compare Persian مادر (mâdar), Baluchi مات (mát), Pashto مور (mor), Northern Kurdish mak, Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā (compare Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Hindi माता (mātā)), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (compare Armenian մայր (mayr), Greek μητέρα (mitéra), Russian мать (matʹ), Italian madre, English mother).
Noun edit
- (Iron) mother
- мады лӕг ― mady læg ― stepfather
- Мады Майрӕм ― Mady Majræm ― Virgin Mary
See also edit
- мадӕ (madæ) (Digor dialect)