Madras

Madras

See also: madras and madrás

English

Etymology

The etymology is uncertain; it may derive from Madraspattinam. See Wikipedia for several possible etymologies.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈdɹæs/, (rare) /məˈdɹɑːs/[1]

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -æs

Proper noun

Madras

1. Former name of Chennai, the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India.
2. A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Oregon, United States.

Synonyms

• Chennai (current name)

Translations

city

Arabic: مَدْرَاس‎ m (madrās) Armenian: Մադրաս (Madras) Bengali: মাদ্রাজ (madraj) Chinese: Mandarin: 馬德拉斯／马德拉斯 (zh) (Mǎdélāsī) Danish: Madras Dutch: Madras Finnish: Madras French: Madras (fr) m German: Madras n Hindi: मद्रास (hi) (madrās), मदरास (hi) m (madrās) Japanese: マドラス (Madorasu) Kannada: ಮದ್ರಾಸು (kn) (madrāsu) Korean: 마드라스 (Madeuraseu) Malayalam: മദ്രാസ് (madrāsŭ) Polish: Madras m Portuguese: Madras f, Madrasta f Russian: Мадра́с m (Madrás) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Ма̀драс m Roman: Màdras (sh) m Spanish: Madras m Swedish: Madras Tagalog: Madras Tamil: மெட்ராஸ் (meṭrās) Telugu: మద్రాసు (madrāsu) Urdu: مدراس‎ (madrās)

Noun

Madras

1. (Britain) A style of curry dish purported to originate from the Madras region.

   I’ll have the Chicken Madras.

See also

• Chennai

References

1. Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 10.572, page 304.

Anagrams

• Mardas, damars, dramas, masdar

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Madras f

1. Madras (former name of Chennai, the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India)

   Synonyms: Chennai, Madrasta

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎdras/
• Hyphenation: Mad‧ras

Proper noun

Màdras m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀драс)

1. Madras (former name of Chennai, the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India)

Declension

Declension of Madras

	singular
nominative	Madras
genitive	Madrasa
dative	Madrasu
accusative	Madras
vocative	Madrase
locative	Madrasu
instrumental	Madrasom

References

• “Madras” in Hrvatski jezični portal