Pāli Dictionary

matti

mātāstemisuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Synonyms

ayyā, mātar, mātu, māti, ammā, janettī, jananī

general

  • mother

  • Dhp 396

    na c'āhaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ brūmi, yonijaṃ mattisambhavaṃ, bhovādi nāma so hoti, sace hoti sakiñcano, akiñcanaṃ anādānaṃ, tam'ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ.

matta

māroottasuffix

via inflected form matti · nominative singular · plural / accusative plural / vocative singular · plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

mā5measure

general

  • measure; quantity; size; extent; as much as; as big as

  • SN 6.10

    kalāyamattiyo hutvā kol'aṭṭhimattiyo ahesuṃ, kol'aṭṭhimattiyo hutvā kolamattiyo ahesuṃ, kolamattiyo hutvā āmalakamattiyo ahesuṃ, āmalakamattiyo hutvā beluvasalāṭukamattiyo ahesuṃ, beluvasalāṭukamattiyo hutvā billamattiyo ahesuṃ, billamattiyo hutvā pabhijjiṃsu. pubbañ'ca lohitañ'ca pagghariṃsu.

  • mere; only; just; simply; the mere fact of

  • as soon as; no sooner than; at the mere thought/sight of

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