different between maltha vs matha

English

Etymology

From Latin maltha, from Ancient Greek ????? (máltha).

Noun

maltha (countable and uncountable, plural malthas)

1. A thick mineral pitch.
2. Mineral tar.
3. (historical) Any similar preparation used by the ancients as a cement, stucco, or mortar.

Anagrams

• Altham, Latham

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (máltha).

Noun

maltha f (genitive malthae); first declension

1. A kind of varnish or cement; maltha.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• malth?

Descendants

• ? English: maltha
• ? French: malthe
• ? Italian: malta
  • ? Czech: malta
  • ? Slovak: malta

Verb

malth?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of malth?

References

• maltha in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maltha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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)