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Maat means defeat
Maat is the title of a Pakistani drama television series. It is an adaptation of an Urdu novel of the same name written by Umera Ahmed.
Given below is a couplet from the sound track of the drama:
Kitni ghayal tere chahat mein meri zaat hui, Jeet uski hui aur mujhe maat hui. Translation: Your love has bruised my existence, You have won and i stand defeated. You can listen to the soundtrack : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvFcmuIzVhA ostrich feather Maat: Meaning in the Egyptian Context:Maat or ma’at (thought to have been pronounced also spelled māt or mayet), was the ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, law, morality, and justice. Maat was also personified as a goddess regulating the stars, seasons, and the actions of both mortals and the deities, who set the order of the universe from chaos at the moment of creation. Her (ideological) counterpart was Isfet (injustice).
Maat was both the goddess and the personification of truth and justice. Her ostrich feather represents truth.
Maat: Meaning in the Dutch Context:
Maat means buddy or mate
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Another use of the the word “Maat”, as in “Seh Maat” ( literally translating to “Check, Mate”) is in chess.