matha
English
editEtymology 1
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editmatha (plural mathas)
- (Hinduism, Jainism) A monastic or similar religious establishment in Hinduism and Jainism, usually more formal and hierarchical than an ashram.
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Bengali মাথা (matha).
Noun
editmatha (plural mathas)
Gamilaraay
editNoun
editmatha
- A female marriage class or skin group. A matha can marry only a gambu; her sons will be gabi, and her daughters gabutha.
References
edit- Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)
Karao
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.
Noun
editmatha
Phuthi
editEtymology
editVerb
edit-matha
- to run
Inflection
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Sotho
editVerb
editmatha
- to run
Descendants
edit- → Phuthi: -matha
Thao
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Austronesian *maCa.
Noun
editmatha
- eye (organ)
Yanomam
editNoun
editmatha (clitic meronym; singulative matha, dual mathakipë, definite plural mathakɨ, indefinite plural mathapë)
References
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Hinduism
- en:Jainism
- English terms borrowed from Bengali
- English terms derived from Bengali
- English slang
- New York City English
- Gamilaraay lemmas
- Gamilaraay nouns
- kld:Family
- Karao terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Karao terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Karao terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Karao lemmas
- Karao nouns
- kyj:Anatomy
- Phuthi terms borrowed from Sotho
- Phuthi terms derived from Sotho
- Phuthi lemmas
- Phuthi verbs
- Sotho lemmas
- Sotho verbs
- Thao terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Thao terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Thao lemmas
- Thao nouns
- ssf:Organs
- Yanomam lemmas
- Yanomam nouns