āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
matriarch
/mËÃĻtÉšÉĒËÉËk/
Matriarch
01
āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§
a woman who leads or dominates a family, group, or tribe
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The village respected the matriarch for her decades of leadership and her ability to keep peace among the various families.
āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻļāĻāĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤
02
āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§ (āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§)
a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
matriarchal
matriarchic
matriarch
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
