noun · rare

mata

mata · matas

A respectful title for a female spiritual leader or for a wife, mother, or grandmother…A respectful title for a female spiritual leader or for a wife, mother, or grandmother of a male spiritual leader.

US/mˈɑtə/

» Mata Hari was intelligent and a polyglot.

Meaning

3 senses

(India)A respectful title for a female spiritual leader or for a wife, mother, or grandmother of a male spiritual leader.
(India)A Hindu goddess.
(India)A mother (also used as a term of address for a woman).

Examples

4 sentences

Mata Hari was intelligent and a polyglot.
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Mata-Utu is the capital of Wallis and Futuna.
ruМата-Уту - столица островов Уоллис и Футуна.
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Kano’s Kofar Mata dye pit is one of the last surviving hand-coloring textile makers in Nigeria.
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"Mata" means "eye" in Malay, "mata mata" is "an indefinite number of eyes"--or the police.
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Origin

Borrowed from Sanskrit माता (mātā), nom.sg. of मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”). Doublet of mater and

Borrowed from Sanskrit माता (mātā), nom.sg. of मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”). Doublet of mater and mother.

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Forms

plural: matas

Singular	mata
Plural	matas

regular

Word family

1 related words

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