मातम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَأْتَم (maʔtam). Compare Punjabi ਮਾਤਮ (mātam) / ماتَم (mātam), Gujarati માતમ (mātam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɑː.t̪əm/, [mäː.t̪ɐ̃m]

Noun

मातम • (mātam) m (Urdu spelling ماتم)

1. mourning, grief

   Synonym: शोक (śok)

Declension

Declension of मातम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मातम mātam	मातम mātam
oblique	मातम mātam	मातमों mātamõ
vocative	मातम mātam	मातमो mātamo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मातम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press