# मत्त
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मत्त (mattá). Doublet of मस्त (mast).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /mət̪t̪/, [mɐt̪(ː)]

### Adjective

मत्त • (matt) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مت)
* intoxicated, overpowered (by sleep, intoxicant, etc.)
    Synonyms: मस्त (mast), नशीला (naśīlā)
* furious, enraged
* delighted

#### Related terms

* अमत्त (amatt)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मत्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* matta (Latin script)
* 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* মত্ত (Bengali script)
* මත‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* မတ္တ or မတ်တ (Burmese script)
* มตฺต or มัตตะ (Thai script)
* ᨾᨲ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ມຕ຺ຕ or ມັຕຕະ (Lao script)
* មត្ត (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄖𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

मत्त
* Devanagari script form of matta (“intoxicated”)

#### Declension
## Prakrit
### Adjective

मत्त (matta)
* Devanagari script form of 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢 (“drunk”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মত্ত (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬢ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
* মত্ত (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰝𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* မတ္တ (Burmese script)
* મત્ત (Gujarati script)
* ਮਤ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦠ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂞𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಮತ್ತ (Kannada script)
* មត្ត (Khmer script)
* ມຕ຺ຕ (Lao script)
* മത്ത (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠᢠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘝𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᢐᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑦽𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐟𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
* ମତ୍ତ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢡ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆠𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖝𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
* මත‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩫 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚙𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
* மத்த (Tamil script)
* మత్త (Telugu script)
* มตฺต (Thai script)
* མ་ཏྟ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒞𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨙𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *matˢtás (“drunk, intoxicated”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet”).
Cognate with Parthian 𐫖𐫘𐫤 (mast, “drunk”), Persian مست (mast, “drunk”). Equal to मद् (mad) +‎ -त (-ta).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐt.tɐ́/, [mɐt̚.tɐ́]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmɐt̪.t̪ɐ/, [ˈmɐt̪̚.t̪ɐ]

### Adjective

मत्त • (mattá) stem
* intoxicated, drunk, inebriated (literally or figuratively)
** c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 6.20.1:अग्नेरिवास्य दहत एति शुष्मिण उतेव मत्तो विलपन्नपायति । अन्यमस्मदिच्छतु कं चिदव्रतस्तपुर्वधाय नमो अस्तु तक्मने ॥agnerivāsya dahata eti śuṣmiṇa uteva matto vilapannapāyati. anyamasmadicchatu kaṃ cidavratastapurvadhāya namo astu takmane.He goes away as 'twere from this fierce burning fire, inebriated and lamenting he departs. Let him, the lawless, seek another and not us. Worship be paid to Fever armed with fiery heat.
* (of an elephant) in rut, furious
* delighted, overjoyed, excited with joy
* amorous, sportive, wanton
* excited by sexual desire
* mad, insane
* proud, arrogant

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: म॑तु॒ (ma॑tu॒, “mad, intoxicated”)
* Pali: matta
* Prakrit: 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢 (matta)
** Central:
*** Hindi: माँत (mā̃t), माता (mātā)
** Northern:
*** Kumaoni: मातो (māto)
*** Nepali: मातो (māto)
** Northwestern:
*** Punjabi: ਮੱਤ (matta), ਮੱਤਾ (mattā)
*** Sindhi: [script needed] (mato, “excited”)
** Southern:
*** Sinhalese: මත් (mat)
** Western:
*** Gujarati: માતું (mātũ)
*** Romani: mato
* → Balinese: ᬫᬢ᭄ᬢ (mata)
* → Hindi: मत्त (matt)
* → Tamil: மத்தம் (mattam)

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mattá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मत्त”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan