ماتم

Borrowed from Classical Persian ماتَم (mātam), from Arabic مَأْتَم (maʔtam).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɑː.t̪əm/

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• Rhymes: -əm
• Hyphenation: ما‧تَم

ماتَم • (mātam) m (Hindi spelling मातम)

1. mourning, grief

   Synonym: سوگ (sog)

2. lamentation, beating the chest
3. (by extension) regret, sorrow
4. a women's gathering for a good deed or bad occasion
5. (Shia Islam) ritual mourning (for Imam Hussain's martydom)

• “ماتم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ماتم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ماتم”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.

Borrowed from Urdu ماتَم (mātam), from Classical Persian ماتَم (mātam), from Arabic مَأْتَم (maʔtam).

ماتم (mātam)

1. mourning ceremony