different between fatha vs matha

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic ???????? (fat?a, “an opening”), instance noun of the verb ??????? (fata?a, “to open”). Refers to the mouth position when pronuncing the /a/ vowel.

Alternative forms

• fat?a, fatHa

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??t.h?/

Noun

fatha (plural fathas)

1. In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter (????) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ?? (??????? (?alif)) or ?? (?????? ??????????? (?alif maq??ra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ? /a?/.
2. The vowel designated by this mark.

Translations

See also

• Arabic diacritics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kasra
• damma (?amma)
• sukun (suk?n)
• shadda (šadda)
• tashkil, tašk?l

Etymology 2

Alteration of father.

Pronunciation

• (Geordie) IPA^(key): /fæðæ/

Noun

fatha (plural fathas)

1. (Tyneside) father

Anagrams

• AFTAH, Fatah, aftah, hafta

French

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (fat?a, “an opening”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ta/

Noun

fatha m or f (plural fathas)

1. fatha

Welsh

Etymology

From yr (“the”) +? un (“one”) +? fath (“kind”) +? â (“as”)

Preposition

fatha

1. (North Wales, colloquial) like

   Synonym: fel

Adverb

fatha

1. (North Wales, colloquial) kind of

English

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit ?? (ma?ha).

Alternative forms

• math
• mutt

Noun

matha (plural mathas)

1. (Hinduism, Jainism) A monastic or similar religious establishment in Hinduism and Jainism, usually more formal and hierarchical than an ashram.

Etymology 2

From Bengali ???? (m?th?)

Noun

matha (plural mathas)

1. (slang, New York City) head

Gamilaraay

Noun

matha

1. A female marriage class or skin group. A matha can marry only a gambu; her sons will be gabi, and her daughters gabutha.

References

• Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

Karao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

matha

1. (anatomy) eye

Phuthi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sotho matha.

Verb

-matha

1. to run

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Sotho

Verb

matha

1. to run

Descendants

• ? Phuthi: -matha

Thao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

matha

1. eye (organ)