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Mataram
Mataram comes from Sanskrit मातरं, from मातृ ‘mother’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méh₂tēr‘mother’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*máHtā‘mother’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमातृmātṛ‘mother’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEमातरंmātaraṃsingular accusative noun form of मातृ
- IndonesianmodernMataram
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*méh₂tēr‘mother’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*máHtā‘mother’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमातृmātṛ‘mother’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEमातरंmātaraṃsingular accusative noun form of मातृ
- IndonesianmodernMataram
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr ‘mother’
mother, matter, material, matrix, maternal, maternity, mat, matron, materiel, madrigal, materia, metra, 18 more
Today it means
name The capital and largest city, a provincial in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr / Mataram