"maat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: maats [plural]
Etymology: From Afrikaans maat (“mate, buddy”). Doublet of mate. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|af|maat||mate, buddy}} Afrikaans maat (“mate, buddy”), {{doublet|en|mate}} Doublet of mate Head templates: {{en-noun}} maat (plural maats)
  1. (South Africa, slang) mate; buddy Tags: South-Africa, slang Categories (topical): Ancient Egypt
    Sense id: en-maat-en-noun-yHF5dAD8 Disambiguation of Ancient Egypt: 58 42 Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 2 6 9 6 2 43 11 5 5 5 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 5 8 5 2 52 9 5 4 4 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Egyptian mꜣꜥt (“truth, righteousness, justice”). Etymology templates: {{wp|Maat}}, {{lbor|en|egy|mꜣꜥt|t=truth, righteousness, justice}} Learned borrowing from Egyptian mꜣꜥt (“truth, righteousness, justice”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} maat (uncountable)
  1. (philosophy, historical) The ancient Egyptian concept of justice, order, and harmony. Tags: historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-maat-en-noun-KbS94kZ2 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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