Madras

See also: madras and madrás

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Madras

Former name of Chennai (the state capital of Tamil Nadu, India).
a city in Oregon, USA, and the county seat of Jefferson County.

Synonyms

Chennai (current name)

Translations

city

Arabic: مَدْرَاس‎‎ m (madrās)
Armenian: Մադրաս (Madras)
Bengali: মাদ্রাজ (madraj)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬德拉斯 (zh), 马德拉斯 (zh) (Mǎdélāsī)
Danish: Madras
Dutch: Madras
Finnish: Madras
French: Madras (fr) m
German: Madras n
Hindi: मद्रास (hi) (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

(Britain) A style of curry dish purported to originate from the Madras region.
I’ll have the Chicken Madras.

See also

Chennai

Anagrams

damars, dramas, masdar

Portuguese

Proper noun

Madras f

Madras; Chennai (a city, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)

Synonyms

Chennai, Madrasta

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Màdras m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀драс)

Madras

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

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