مأتم

Arabic
Root
ء ت م‎ (ʔ-t-m)

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ء ت م‎ (ʔ-t-m).

Noun

مَأْتَم • (maʔtam) m (plural مَآتِم‎ (maʔātim))

  1. mourning ceremony
  2. (Shia Islam) a religious practice of mourning Hussain ibn Ali associated with Ashura
  3. (Shia Islam, regional) hussainiya, a place where ma'tam is held
    Synonyms: حُسَيْنِيَّة‎ (ḥusayniyya), (dialectal) مَجْلِس‎ (majlis)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: matəm
  • → Northern Kurdish: matem
  • → Persian: ماتم‎ (mâtam)
    > Hindi: मातम (mātam) (inherited)
    > Urdu: ماتم‎‎ (inherited)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ماتم‎ (mātem)
    > Turkish: matem (inherited)
    > Crimean Tatar: matem (inherited)
  • → Tatar: матәм (matäm), matäm
  • → Uyghur: ماتەم‎ (matem)
  • → Uzbek: motam
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