Mete

Mete
Mete
Gender Masculine
Language(s) Turkish
Origin
Language(s) Turkish
Word/Name "mete"
Derivation "mete"
Meaning "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", "gallant"
Other names
Cognate(s) Metehan, Bahadır
See also Baghatur

Mete is a common masculine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Mete" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant".

Mete is a deformed version of "Mo - du" which is the regnal name of Modu Chanyu who was the founder of Xiongnu Empire. Mete is considered one of the first known Turkish rulers in the history and the name is used in memory of him. Appropriate Turkish reading of "Mo - du" is "Baghatur". Baghatur is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people as Bahadır, Batur, and as in other cognate forms.

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  • Mete — ist ein türkischer männlicher Vorname,[1] der sich auf einen Herrscher der Hunnen (Mao tun) bezieht[2] und auch als Familienname vorkommt. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Bekannte Namensträger 1.1 Vorname …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • mete — [mi:t] v mete out [mete sth<=>out] phr v [: Old English; Origin: metan to measure ] if you mete out a punishment, you give it to someone mete something<=>out to ▪ He felt he had a right to mete out physical punishment to the children …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Mete — Mete, n. [AS. met. See {Mete} to measure.] Measure; limit; boundary; used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mete — Mete, n. Meat. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mete — Mete, v. t. & i. To meet. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mete — Mete, v. i. & t. [imp. {Mette}; p. p. {Met}.] [AS. m?tan.] To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.] I mette of him all night. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mete — (m[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Meted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Meting}.] [AS. metan; akin to D. meten, G. messen, OHG. mezzan, Icel. meta, Sw. m[ a]ta, Goth. mitan, L. modus measure, moderation, modius a corn measure, Gr. ? to rule, ? a corn measure,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mete — Mete, v. i. To measure. [Obs.] Mark iv. 24. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mete — [ mit ] verb ,mete out phrasal verb transitive FORMAL to give a punishment to someone: The same treatment should be meted out to politicians who break the rules …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • mete — ► VERB (mete out) ▪ deal out or allot (justice, punishment, etc.). ORIGIN Old English, measure; related to MEET(Cf. ↑meet) …   English terms dictionary

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