matka

See also: mátka, matkä, and matką

English

Etymology

From Hindi मटका (maṭkā).

Noun

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.

See also

• satta matka

Czech

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matka

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatka]

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• Rhymes: -atka
• Hyphenation: mat‧ka

Noun

matka f (relational adjective mateřský, possessive adjective matčin)

1. mother

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

   Antonym: otec

2. nut (of a bolt)

   Synonym: matice

Declension

Declension of matka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	matka	matky
genitive	matky	matek
dative	matce	matkám
accusative	matku	matky
vocative	matko	matky
locative	matce	matkách
instrumental	matkou	matkami

Derived terms

• matkovrah m anim
• matkovražda f

Related terms

• maminka
• mamka
• (archaic) mateř
• mateřídouška
• mateřský
• mateřství
• matička
• máma
• máti

See also

• šroub (bolt)

Further reading

• “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), 2008–2025