ma･taの英語

語源

Borrowed from Sanskrit माता (mātā), nom.sg. of मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”). Doublet of mater and mother.

名詞

mata (plural matas) (India)

1. A respectful title for a female spiritual leader or for a wife, mother, or grandmother of a male spiritual leader.
2. A Hindu goddess.
   • 1995, Amita Baviskar, In the Belly of the River: Tribal Conflicts Over Development in the Narmada Valley, Bombay;  […]: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 98:

     While possession is usually limited to Bhilala men, the mata entered women too, endowing them with the power of clairvoyance, enabling them to identify the evil spirits or daakans in their midst. The mata spoke through the possessed, forecasting the future, directing people and events for her proper propitiation.

3. A mother (also used as a term of address for a woman).

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Further reading

• “mata”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.