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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (mat "steep"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Adjective

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မတ် (mat)

  1. steep, upright, vertical

Verb

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မတ် (mat)

  1. to right, make right

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Doesn't seem to have clear connections in other languages.”)

Noun

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မတ် (mat)

  1. brother-in-law, specifically younger sister's husband, or husband's younger brother

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Pali māsa, from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, bean).

Noun

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မတ် (mat)

  1. a quarter of a monetary unit (e.g., kyat, dollar)
  2. (historical) mat, a former Burmese coin equal to 25 pya (a quarter of a kyat)
Derived terms
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See Appendix:Burmese units of measure.

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from English March.

Noun

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မတ် (mat)

  1. (~) March
Descendants
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  • Shan: မၢတ်ႉ (mâ̰at)

See also

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(Gregorian calendar months) ဇန်နဝါရီ (janna.wari), ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ (hpehpauwari), မတ် (mat), ဧပြီ (e-pri), မေ (me), ဇွန် (jwan), ဇူလိုင် (juluing), ဩဂုတ် (au:gut), စက်တင်ဘာ (caktangbha), အောက်တိုဘာ (auktuibha), နိုဝင်ဘာ (nuiwangbha), ဒီဇင်ဘာ (dijangbha) (Category: my:Months)

Etymology 5

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Borrowed from German Mark.

Noun

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မတ် (mat)

  1. mark (currency unit)

Further reading

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *mat (eye). Cognate with Nyah Kur มัด่, Khmer មាត់ (mŏət).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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မတ် (mòt)

  1. jewel precious stone.

Noun

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မတ် (mòt)

  1. the edge of any cutting instrument.

Numeral

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မတ် (mòt)

  1. in medical prescriptions.

Noun

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မတ် (mòt)

  1. eye precious stone cutting edge edge of cutting instrument.