мад

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠮᠠᠳ
(mad)
мад
(mad)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

мад • (mad)

  1. (chess) checkmate
  2. (figurative) a state of total victory in an argument
  3. (figurative) a dead-end situation

Derived terms

  • мад болох (mad bolox)
  • мад тавиулах (mad taviulax)
  • мад тавих (mad tavix)
  • мад хийх (mad xiix)
  • мад цохих (mad coxix)
  • мадаас өөр хожилгүй, махнаас өөр хоолгүй (madaas öör xožilgüj, maxnaas öör xoolgüj)

Further reading

  • мад”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present

Ossetian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *máHtā (compare Persian مادر (mâdar), Baluchi مات (mát), Pashto مور (mor), Northern Kurdish mak, Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā (compare Sanskrit मातृ (mā́tṛ), Hindi माता (mātā)), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (compare Armenian մայր (mayr), Greek μητέρα (mitéra), Russian мать (matʹ), Italian madre, English mother).

Noun

мад • (mad) (plural мадӕлтӕ)

  1. (Iron) mother
    мады лӕгmady lægstepfather
    Мады МайрӕмMady MajræmVirgin Mary

See also

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