See also: Maat and mAat

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Etymology 1

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From Afrikaans maat (mate, buddy). Doublet of mate.

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maat (plural maats)

  1. (South Africa, slang) mate; buddy
    • 2007, William Higham, The Hammarskjold Killing, page 226:
      A lot of my maats went west.

Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Egyptian mꜣꜥt (truth, righteousness, justice).

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maat (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy, historical) The ancient Egyptian concept of justice, order, and harmony.

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch maat.

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maat (plural maats or maters, diminutive maatjie)

  1. mate, buddy

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  • English: maat

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /maːt/
  • Hyphenation: maat
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Etymology 1

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From older mate, which still exists in parallel with this form. From Middle Dutch mate, from Old Dutch *māta, from Proto-Germanic *mētō.

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maat f (plural maten, diminutive maatje n)

  1. measure, size
  2. rhythm, beat
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Etymology 2

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From a borrowing of Middle Low German māt, māte, from Old Saxon *gimato, of West Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *gamatjô, itself from *ga- (together) + *matjô, from *matiz (food).[1][2]

Cognate with Old High German gimazzo, English mate.

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maat m (plural maten or maats, diminutive maatje n)

  1. mate, buddy
  2. (close) colleague, shipmate etc.
  3. low sailor rank
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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Finnish

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Noun

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maat

  1. nominative plural of maa

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Mansaka

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)zaqat, compare Malay jahat.

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maat

  1. bad

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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maat

  1. Alternative form of mat (checkmate)

Adjective

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maat

  1. Alternative form of mat (checkmate)

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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maat

  1. Alternative form of mat (tired)

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Verb

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maat

  1. Alternative form of maten (to checkmate)

Tabasco Nahuatl

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Pronunciation

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maat

  1. water

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maat (nominative plural maats)

  1. (nautical) mast

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