matem

• IPA^(key): (Central) [məˈtɛm]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [məˈtəm]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [maˈtem]

matem

1. inflection of matar:
   1. first-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. first-person plural imperative

matem

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of matar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.tɛm/
• Rhymes: -atɛm
• Syllabification: ma‧tem

matem m

1. instrumental singular of mat

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -atẽj̃, (Portugal) -atɐ̃j̃
• Hyphenation: ma‧tem

matem

1. inflection of matar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

From Ottoman Turkish ماتم (matem), from Arabic مَأْتَم (maʔtam, “mourning ceremony”).

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matem (definite accusative matemi, plural matemler)

1. mourning
2. grief

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “matem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماتم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1652
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN