mata
Meanings
noun
- A respectful title for a female spiritual leader or for a wife, mother, or grandmother of a male spiritual leader.
- A Hindu goddess.
- A mother (also used as a term of address for a woman).
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit माता (mātā), nom.sg. of मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”). Doublet of mater and mother.
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