မတ်

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Burmese

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English March.

Noun

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မတ် (mat)

  1. (~) March
Descendants
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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 2

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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 3

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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မတ် (mat)

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

References

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Mon

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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.