# मत
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /mət̪/, [mɐt̪]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀁𑀢 (maṃta)), an extension of Sanskrit मा (mā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁. Cognate to Punjabi ਮਤ (mat).

#### Particle

मत • (mat) (Urdu spelling مت)
* not, do not; prohibitive particle
    यहां धूम्रपान मत कीजिए। ― yahā̃ dhūmrapān mat kījie. ― Do not smoke here.
    मत बैठो! ― mat baiṭho! ― Don't sit!

##### Usage notes

मत (mat) is the imperative negation and it is only used with verbs which are in the imperative mood.
Compare the subjunctive negations न (na) and ना (nā) which are only used with verbs in subjunctive mood and the indicative negation नहीं (nahī̃) which is used with verbs in indicative mood.

##### Synonyms

* न (na)
* ना (nā)
* नहीं (nahī̃)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मत (mata).

#### Noun

मत • (mat) m (Urdu spelling مت)
* opinion, belief, view
* vote

##### Derived terms

* जनमत (janmat)
* बहुमत (bahumat)
* मतगणक (matagṇak)
* मतगणना (matgaṇnā)
* मतदाता (matdātā)
* मतदान (matdān)
* मताधिकार (matādhikār)

## Konkani
### Noun

मत • (mat) n (Latin script mot, Kannada script ಮತ್)
* opinion

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मत (mata).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mət̪/

### Noun

मत • (mat) n
* opinion
* vote

#### Derived terms

* मतदान (matdān)
* मतदार (matdār)
* मतभेद (matbhed)
* मतवादी (matvādī)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “मत”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* mata (Latin script)
* 𑀫𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* মত (Bengali script)
* මත (Sinhalese script)
* မတ (Burmese script)
* มต or มะตะ (Thai script)
* ᨾᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ມຕ or ມະຕະ (Lao script)
* មត (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

मत
* Devanagari script form of mata (“dead”)
* Devanagari script form of mata (“thought”)

#### Declension
### Noun

मत n
* Devanagari script form of mata (“opinion”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মত (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬢ (Balinese script)
* মত (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* မတ (Burmese script)
* મત (Gujarati script)
* ਮਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಮತ (Kannada script)
* មត (Khmer script)
* ມຕ (Lao script)
* മത (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐟 (Newa script)
* ମତ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖝 (Siddham script)
* මත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚙 (Takri script)
* மத (Tamil script)
* మత (Telugu script)
* มต (Thai script)
* མ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tó-s, from the root *men- (“to think”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐ.tɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /mɐ.t̪ɐ/

### Adjective

मत • (matá) stem (root मन्)
* thought, believed, imagined, supposed, understood
* regarded or considered as, taken or passing for
* thought fit or right, approved
* honored, esteemed, respected, liked
* desired, intended

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### Noun

मत • (matá) stem, n (root मन्)
* a thought, idea, opinion, sentiment, view, belief, doctrine
* intention, design, purpose, wish
* knowledge

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* → Tamil: மதம் (matam)
* → Malayalam: മതം (mataṁ)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 783, column 1.