ماده

See also: مادة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَادَّة (mādda).

Noun

ماده • (madde) (plural مواد (mevad))

Related terms

مادةً (maddeten)

Descendants

Turkish: madde
→ Romanian: madea

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ماده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1090
Mallouf, Nassif (1867), “ماده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 1177
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ماده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1653

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian NKḆ, mʾtk' (mādag), from Proto-Iranian *māta-ka- (“female creature”), from *māta- (“female”), from *máHtā (“mother”).^[1] Northern Luri (ma, “female”), Compare Old Armenian մատակ (matak), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maː.ˈda/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪á]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪á]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.d̪á]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒː.d̪é]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔ.d̪á]

Readings
Classical reading^?	māda
Dari reading^?	māda
Iranian reading^?	mâde
Tajik reading^?	moda

Adjective


Iranian Persian	ماده
Dari	ماده
Tajik	мода

ماده • (mâde)

female

Noun


Iranian Persian	ماده
Dari	ماده
Tajik	мода

ماده • (mâde)

female

Derived terms

سگ ماده (sag-e mâde)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: માદા (mādā)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: मादा (mādā)

Urdu: مادَہ (māda)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مَادَّة (mādda).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maːd.ˈda/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑːd̪.d̪á]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑːd̪.d̪á]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔːd̪.d̪á]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒːd̪.d̪é]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔd̪.d̪á]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mādda
Dari reading^?	mādda
Iranian reading^?	mâdde
Tajik reading^?	modda

Noun


Iranian Persian	ماده
Dari	ماده
Tajik	модда

ماده • (mâdde) (plural مواد (mavâdd))

Derived terms

ماده تاریک (mâdde-ye târik, “dark matter”)
پادماده (pâd-mâdde, “antimatter”)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: माद्दा (māddā)

Urdu: مادَّہ (mādda)

References

^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 358

[1] Edelʹman, D. I. (2015), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 358

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