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māt (prob. akin to S. मƣ), part. adj. Astonished, amazed, confounded, perplexed;—conquered, subjected, reduced to the last extremity (especially at chess), receiving checkmate; defeated, outdone;—s.f. Conquest, defeat, checkmate:—māt denā(-ko), or māt karnā, v.t. To give checkmate (to), to checkmate; to confound; to beat, defeat; to outdo, outvie, surpass:—māt honā, v.n. To be confounded; to be defeated, etc.
Origin: Persian