# माता
## Hindi

Picture dictionary :
माता
नानी
नाना
दादी
दादा
मामी
मामा
मौसा
मौसी
माता
पिता
ताऊ
ताई
बुआ
फूफा
चाचा
चाची
भांजा
भांजी
जीजा
दीदी
बहनोई
बहन
भैया
भाभी
भाई
भौजाई
भतीजा
भतीजी
जेठानी
जेठ
नंदोई
ननद
देवरानी
देवर
साला
सलहज
साली
साढ़ू
साला
सलहज
पति
पत्नी
समधी
समधिन
बहू
बेटा
पोता
पोती
बेटी
दामाद
जमाई
नाती
नातिन
समधी
समधिन :

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /mɑː.t̪ɑː/, [mäː.t̪äː]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit माता (mātā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Doublet of माँ (mā̃).
In the sense of "smallpox", compare other-language epithets for the goddess Shitala and words for "mother" or "goddess" like Sanskrit शीतला (śītalā, “Shitala, smallpox”), Assamese আই (ai, “mother, smallpox”), Marathi देवी (devī, “goddess, smallpox”), and Tamil அம்மை (ammai, “mother, smallpox”).

#### Noun

माता • (mātā) f (masculine पिता, Urdu spelling ماتا)
* mother
    Synonyms: अंबा (ambā), जननी (jannī), अम्मा (ammā), माँ (mā̃)
* (Hinduism) Ellipsis of शीतला माता (śītlā mātā, “(Mother) Shitala”). A goddess associated with smallpox and more broadly the curing of poxes and diseases.
** (by extension) smallpox
    Synonyms: शीतला (śītlā), चेचक (cecak), मसूरिका (masūrikā)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit मत्तक (mattaka, “intoxicated”).

#### Adjective

माता • (mātā) (Urdu spelling ماتا)
* intoxicated, drunk

### References

* ↑ Platts, John T. (1884) “माता”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 978
* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mattá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 560

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit माता (mātā, “mother”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.t̪a/

### Noun

माता • (mātā) f
* (literary) mother
    Synonyms: आई (āī) ( standard), जननी (jannī)
    माता गांधारी ने कौरवांच्या मृत्यूवर क्रंदन करता श्रीकृष्णास श्राप दिलेmātā gāndhārī ne kaurvāñcyā mrutyūvar krandan kartā śrīkruṣṇās śrāp dileMother Gandhari, while lamenting the death of the Kauravas, cursed Shri Krishna

#### Declension
### See also

* जनक (janak)
* पिता (pitā)
* वडील (vaḍīl)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “माता”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

## Nepali
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit माता (mātā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mät̪ä]
* Phonetic Devanagari: माता

### Noun

माता • (mātā) f
* mother
    Synonyms: जननी (jananī), आमा (āmā)

#### Declension
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* mātā (Latin script)
* 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* মাতা (Bengali script)
* මාතා (Sinhalese script)
* မာတာ or မႃတႃ (Burmese script)
* มาตา (Thai script)
* ᨾᩣᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ມາຕາ (Lao script)
* មាតា (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄂𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

### Noun

माता (mātā)
* Devanagari script form of mātā, which is nominative/vocative singular of मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মাতা (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬵᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
* মাতা (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* မာတာ (Burmese script)
* માતા (Gujarati script)
* ਮਾਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌾𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦴꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂰𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಮಾತಾ (Kannada script)
* មាតា (Khmer script)
* ມາຕາ (Lao script)
* മാതാ (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᢗᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
* ମାତା (Odia script)
* ꢪꢵꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
* මාතා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩛𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚭𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
* மாதா (Tamil script)
* మాతా (Telugu script)
* มาตา (Thai script)
* མཱ་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨊𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɑː.tɑ́ː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /mɑː.t̪ɑː/

### Verb

माता • (mātā́) third-singular indicative (type P, periphrastic future, root मा)
* periphrastic future of मा (mā)

#### Conjugation
### Noun

माता • (mātā́) stem, f
* nominative singular of मातृ (mātṛ́, “mother”)