FromProto-Somaloid*mataħ-,^[1] fromProto-Cushitic*matħ-(“head”).

Cognate withJiiddumidi,Aweermada,Rendillematax,Baisomete,Arboremete,Daasanachme,Yaakumiteh,Oromomataa,Khonsomatta,Bejamat

• (Standard)IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ́.d̪ɑ̀ħ/
• (Maay)IPA^(key): /maða/

gpl2=f

mádax m (plural madáx ormadaxyo f)

1. head
2. chief

• madaxweyne(“president”)

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̀.ˈð̞ɑ́ħ/

madáx f pl

1. absoluteplural ofmádax

• De Larajasse, E. (1897).Somali-English and English-Somali dictionary^[1] (p. 102). LUM-MAG.

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