mata
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.
» Mata Hari was intelligent and a polyglot.
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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 sentencesMata Hari was intelligent and a polyglot.
Mata-Utu is the capital of Wallis and Futuna.
ruМата-Уту - столица островов Уоллис и Футуна. — marafon
Kano’s Kofar Mata dye pit is one of the last surviving hand-coloring textile makers in Nigeria.
"Mata" means "eye" in Malay, "mata mata" is "an indefinite number of eyes"--or the police.
Origin
Borrowed from Sanskrit माता (mātā), nom.sg. of मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”). Doublet of mater andBorrowed from Sanskrit माता (mātā), nom.sg. of मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”). Doublet of mater and mother.
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