Mazda
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (mazdā, “wisdom”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazdʰáH, from Proto-Indo-European *meHndh- (“to pay attention to, wisdom”). Cognate with Sanskrit मेधा (medhā́), Ancient Greek μανθάνω (manthánō), Albanian mund, Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉𐌽 (mundōn), Polish mądry.
Etymology 2
Supposedly from Mazda as well as surname of the founder of corporation, Jujiro Matsuda.
Noun
Mazda (plural Mazdas)
- A vehicle, especially a car, manufactured by the Mazda Motor Corporation.
- 2003, Kathy N. Jublou, Chicken Soup for the Mother and Daughter Soul, HCI (publisher), →ISBN, page 20
- Nicole and I met outside the church after my bell choir rehersal. I will never forget watching her climb out of her Mazda RX7 and just keep going up, up, up. She was tall, she was blond and she was gorgeous.
- 2006-2007, Debi Wright, Out Of Your Mind, Traumatic Brain Injury, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 129
- one of Skip’s friends from the fire department agreed to drive the U-haul with his girlfriend, pulling our Mazda behind, as we drove in the Bronco. I will never forget seeing our cats’ faces in the Mazda while we were following behind.
- 2007, Jala Pfaff, Seducing the Rabbi, Blue Flax Press, →ISBN, page 310
- ...seated atop a genuine (detached) commode of the white porcelain variety, which he had lugged at great hernia-inducing peril from the back of his Mazda to the Outdoor Cinema site, several blocks away.
- 2003, Kathy N. Jublou, Chicken Soup for the Mother and Daughter Soul, HCI (publisher), →ISBN, page 20
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