मत्ती

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian متی (mattā), from Arabic مَتَّى (mattā). The shift from final -ā to -ī could be due to mispronunciation of the alif maqsura.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

मत्ती • (mattī) m (Urdu spelling متی)

  1. (Christianity) Matthew, one of the Twelve Disciples of Jesus and one of the Four Evangelists.
  2. (Christianity) Matthew, the first of the four canonical gospels.
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