Maat

maat mAat English Alternative forms en Ma'at Maʽat Etymology en egy mꜣꜥt, U2:mAa-a:t-H6-B1 Proper noun An Ancient Egyptian goddess, the personification of truth, order, and righteousness, symbolized by a feather. Anagrams en aamt AAMT Central Franconian Alternative forms gmw-cfr Mart less common Etymology From gmw-cfr goh marchāt, from gmw-cfr la mercātus (compare de Markt). Pronunciation gmw-cfr /maːt/ Noun gmw-cfr noun m plural Määt gmw-cfr most dialects market gmw-cfr Op dem Maat stonn die Buure. The farmers are standing in the marketplace. gmw-cfr En d'r Maathall steiht et Ann. In the market hall stands Ann. German Etymology Via de nds-de - from de gml māt, gml māte, shortened from gml gemate by loss of the prefix.M. Philippa et al., Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands, Amsterdam 2003–2009, s.v. maat 2 (etymologiebank.nl). From de osx *gimato, from de gmw-pro *gamatō,de Friedrich Kluge 1911 Seemannssprache 561–562 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Seemannsprache/BygnAAAAMAAJ from de gem-pro *gamatô messmate, table companion.mate IX Etymology reproduced in the Uitleenwoordenbank. Related to en mate, nl maat. Originally a seamen's term for an assistant to a ship's officer (as in de Steuermannsmaat, de Bootsmannsmaat); compare Middle Low German gml hovetboßmanns mate chief boatswain's mate in a Bremen charter of 1580, and Low German nds-de Maat fellow, comrade, used among ship's crews and other workers in Hamburg (Richey 1755).Friedrich Kluge, Seemannssprache: Wortgeschichtliches Handbuch deutscher Schifferausdrücke älterer und neuerer Zeit, Halle: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses 1911, p. 561 (scan). Pronunciation de /ˈmaːt/ de De-Maat.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Mahd de aːt 1 Noun m,(e)s,e:en de nautical mate naval non-commissioned officer de nautical Germany a naval rank, “OR5” on the NATO rank scale Declension m,(e)s,e:en Derived terms de Obermaat References Further reading