matka

From Hindi मटका (maṭkā).

matka (countable and uncountable, plural matkas)

1. (India, countable) An earthenware pot.
   • 2022, Vijay Karna, The Great Indian Cook Book, page 185:

     Alternatively, instead of cooking in a matka, wrap the vegetable mixture (without lettuce leaves) in aluminium foil and bake in a hot oven at 200 degrees Celsius for 1 hour.

2. (India, countable, uncountable) A kind of coarse silk from the Indian subcontinent, mainly produced from pierced (moth-damaged) cocoons.

• satta matka

 

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

matka

Wikipedia ^cs

Inherited from Old Czech matka, from Proto-Slavic *matъka. By surface analysis, máti +‎ -ka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatka]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atka
• Hyphenation: mat‧ka

matka f (related adjective mateřský, possessive adjective matčin)

1. mother

   Synonyms: máma, mamka, maminka, máti, mutr, (archaic) mateř

   Antonym: otec

2. nut (of a bolt)

   Synonym: matice

• šroub (bolt)

• “matka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “matka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “matka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

From Proto-Finnic *matka, from Proto-Uralic *mëtka.^[1] Finnic cognates include Ingrian matka, Karelian matka, Livonian matkā, Veps matk and Votic matkõ. Other Uralic cognates include Northern Sami muotki, Eastern Khanty мугәт (mugət) and Northern Selkup мыты (myty) (Taz). Doublet of muotka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtkɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝t̪kɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑtkɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): mat‧ka

matka

1. journey, trip, voyage, travel

   Synonyms: see retki

   olla matkalla ― to be on the way

   olla matkoilla ― to be on a trip (e.g. abroad)

   palata matkoilta ― to return/come back from a trip

   etelänmatka ― a trip to the south (to a southern country)

   matkan varrella ― during the trip, along the way

   jatkaa matkaa ― to continue travelling, to continue the journey

   matka maailman ympäri ― the journey around the world

   Missä olitkaan taas matkalla?

   Where were you on your trip again?

2. distance (geographical distance between two locations)

   Synonyms: see etäisyys

   Guamille on matkaa 76 kilometriä.

   The distance to Guam is 76 kilometres.

• “matka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• kamat

From Proto-Finnic *matka. Cognates include Finnish matka and Estonian matk.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtkɑ/, [ˈmɑtk]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑtkɑ/, [ˈmɑtkɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑtk, -ɑtkɑ
• Hyphenation: mat‧ka

matka

1. trip, journey
2. distance
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Sitä vart, jot hyväst saavva tolkku ympäröiväst paikast, pittää tuntaa löytää pooli ja matka, tuntaa katsoa paikan plaanua.

     For this, to understand the surrounding area well, one has to be able to find the direction and the distance, to be able to look at the map of the area.

• (diminutive) matkut

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 299

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *matъka. By surface analysis, mac +‎ -ka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat.ka/
• Rhymes: -atka
• Syllabification: mat‧ka

matka f

1. mother (female parent)

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “matka”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 98
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “matka”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “matka”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[3], volume 1, page 975
• “matka”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *matъka. By surface analysis, máti +‎ -ka.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈmatka/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈmatka/

matka f

1. mother (female parent)
2. caregiver; protector
3. (figuratively, religion) mother (chief nun)
4. (figuratively) mother (origin)
5. (anatomy) uterus
6. (anatomy) meninges
7. (zoology) queen (female insect that begets others)
8. (botany) mother tree

• Czech: matka

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “matka”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *matъka. By surface analysis, mać +‎ -ka. First attested in the 14th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /matka/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /matka/

matka f (related adjective matczyn)

1. (attested in Greater Poland) mother (female parent)
   • 1959 [1400], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty poznańskie, volume I, number 444, Poznań:

     Orsula, matka Stronislauiney, Dobeslawa... ne nagabala o posak

     [Urszula, matka Stronisławinej, Dobiesława... nie nagabała o posag]

2. (attested in Masovia) mother (origin)
   • 1895 [1448–1450], Mikołaj Suled, edited by Franciszek Piekosiński, Tłumaczenia polskie statutów ziemskich, Kodeks Świętosławów, Warka, page 27:

     W rozmislenyv zalyezzy matka cznooth (mater virtutum), rostropnoscz

     [W rozmyśleniu zależy matka cnot (mater virtutum), roztropność]

• Polish: matka
• Silesian: matka

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “matka”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Mańczak, Witold (2017) “matka”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “matka”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “matka”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

 

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

matka

Wikipedia ^pl

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atka
• Syllabification: mat‧ka
• Homophone: madka

Inherited from Old Polish matka. By surface analysis, mać +‎ -ka.

matka f (diminutive mateczka or mateńka or matuchna or (dialectal) matynka or matusia or matuś, augmentative matczysko, related adjective matczyny)

1. (countable) mother (human female who begets a child)

   Synonyms: macierz, mama, rodzicielka, stara

2. (countable) mother (animal female that begets a child)
3. (countable, zoology) queen (female insect that begets others)

   Synonym: królowa

4. (countable, religion) mother (chief nun)

   Synonym: matuchna

5. (uncountable) mother (origin)
6. (countable) mother (object or organization that is superior or exemplary in relation to other objects or organizations of this type, usually later created)
7. (countable, botany) mother (plant intended for seedlings)
8. (countable, games) captain (most important player or team manager)
9. (colloquial, endearing) term of endearment for one's wife, mother of children, or older woman; mother
10. (countable, figuratively) mother (one who acts like a mother)
11. (countable, obsolete) main riverbed

    Hypernym: koryto

12. (uncountable, obsolete, children's games) type of children's game
13. (countable, obsolete) concave stamp
14. (Middle Polish, anatomy) womb, uterus

    Synonym: macica

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), matka is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 16 times in scientific texts, 8 times in news, 5 times in essays, 62 times in fiction, and 71 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 162 times, making it the 356th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[1]

From mata +‎ -ka.

matka f

1. diminutive of mata

• matka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• matka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “matka”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “MATKA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 06.03.2020
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “matka”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “matka”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “matka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 902

Inherited from Old Polish matka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat.ka/
• Rhymes: -atka
• Syllabification: mat‧ka

matka f

1. mother

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:muter

   Hyponym: drugŏ matka

   Coordinate terms: see Thesaurus:fater

• matka in silling.org

 

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

matka

Wikipedia ^sk

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *matъka. By surface analysis, mať +‎ -ka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatka]

• Audio:

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matka f

1. mother

   Synonyms: mať, mama, mamička, mater

• materský
• materinský
• matkin

• “matka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024