मा
Garhwali
Verb
मा (mā) (transitive)Category:Garhwali lemmas#माCategory:Garhwali verbs#माCategory:Garhwali entries with incorrect language header#माCategory:Pages with entries#माCategory:Pages with 4 entries#मा
- have
- मेमा यअक किताब न्ही च।
- memā yaak kitāb nhī ca.
- I don't have a book.
Nepali
Etymology
Ultimately from SanskritCategory:Nepali terms derived from Sanskrit#मा मध्य (madhya), cognate with Hindi में (mẽ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mä]Category:Nepali terms with IPA pronunciation#मा
- Phonetic Devanagari: मा
Postposition
मा • (mā)Category:Nepali lemmas#माCategory:Nepali postpositions#माCategory:Nepali entries with incorrect language header#माCategory:Pages with entries#माCategory:Pages with 4 entries#मा
Newar
Pronunciation
Noun
मा • (mā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐩𑐵)Category:Newar lemmas#माCategory:Newar nouns#माCategory:Newar terms with redundant script codes#माCategory:Newar nouns in Devanagari script#माCategory:Newar entries with incorrect language header#माCategory:Requests for gender in Newar entries#माCategory:Pages with entries#माCategory:Pages with 4 entries#मा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- মা (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬵ (Balinese script)
- মা (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- မာ (Burmese script)
- મા (Gujarati script)
- ਮਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಾ (Kannada script)
- មា (Khmer script)
- ມາ (Lao script)
- മാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐵 (Newa script)
- ମା (Odia script)
- ꢪꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖯 (Siddham script)
- මා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚭 (Takri script)
- மா (Tamil script)
- మా (Telugu script)
- มา (Thai script)
- མཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-IranianCategory:Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian#माCategory:Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian#मा *máH, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#माCategory:Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#मा *méh₁ (prohibitive particle). Cognate with Albanian mo (“do not”), Ancient Greek μή (mḗ, “not, do not”), Old Armenian մի (mi, “no, not”), Avestan 𐬨𐬁 (mā), Old Persian 𐎶𐎠 (m-a /mā/) (whence Persian مـ (ma-)).[1]
Particle
मा • (mā́)Category:Sanskrit lemmas#माCategory:Sanskrit particles#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#माCategory:Sanskrit particles in Devanagari script#माCategory:Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header#माCategory:Pages with entries#माCategory:Pages with 4 entries#मा
- don't (prohibitive particle)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.5.10:
- मा नो॒ मर्ता॑ अ॒भि द्रु॑हन्।
त॒नूना॑मिंद्र गिर्वणः।
ईशा॑नो यवया व॒धम्॥- mā́ no mártā abhí druhan
tanū́nām indra girvaṇaḥ
ī́śāno yavayā vadhám - O Indra, thou who lovest song,
do not let any man hurt our bodies.
Keep slaughter far from us for thou canst.
- mā́ no mártā abhí druhan
- मा नो॒ मर्ता॑ अ॒भि द्रु॑हन्।
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “mā́ Prohibitivnegation”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 343
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “मा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 804, column 1.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 574
Etymology 2
From the oblique stem of Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#मा *éǵh₂. Cognate with Ancient Greek με (me), ἐμέ (emé), Latin mē, Old English me.
Pronoun
मा • (mā)Category:Sanskrit non-lemma forms#माCategory:Sanskrit pronoun forms#माCategory:Sanskrit pronoun forms in Devanagari script#माCategory:Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header#माCategory:Pages with entries#माCategory:Pages with 4 entries#मा
Etymology 3
OnomatopoeicCategory:Sanskrit onomatopoeias#मा; compare मय (máya, “horse”)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा and मयु (mayú, “monkey”)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा, which are probably connected to the root, as well as similar formations throughout Indo-European such as Ancient Greek μῐνῠρῐ́ζω (mĭnŭrĭ́zō, “to whimper, warble”).[1]
Root
मा • (mā)Category:Sanskrit lemmas#माCategory:Sanskrit roots#माCategory:Sanskrit roots in Devanagari script#माCategory:Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header#माCategory:Pages with entries#माCategory:Pages with 4 entries#मा
Derived terms
- मिमा॑ति (mímāti, present)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मि॒माय॑ (mimā́ya, perfect)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मातवै (mātavai, infinitive)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
References
- ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “MĀ1 brüllen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 341
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “मा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 804, column 2.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), “3 mā, 'bellow'”, in The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 119
Etymology 4
Inherited from Proto-Indo-AryanCategory:Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan#माCategory:Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan#मा *maH-, from Proto-Indo-IranianCategory:Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian#माCategory:Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian#मा *maH-, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#माCategory:Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#मा *meh₁- (“to measure”).[1]
Root
मा • (mā)Category:Sanskrit lemmas#माCategory:Sanskrit roots#माCategory:Sanskrit roots in Devanagari script#माCategory:Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header#माCategory:Pages with entries#माCategory:Pages with 4 entries#मा
- to measure
Derived terms
- मिमी॑ते (mímīte, present)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- माति (māti, present)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मायते (māyate, present)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मास्यति (māsyati, future)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- माता (mātā, periphrastic future)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- अमा॑सि (ámāsi, aorist)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- अमासीत् (amāsīt, aorist)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- म॒मौ (mamáu, perfect)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- ममे (mame, perfect)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मी॒यते॑ (mīyáte, passive)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- अमायि (amāyi, passive aorist)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मापयति (māpayati, causative)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- अमीमपत् (amīmapat, causative aorist)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मित्सति (mitsati, desiderative)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मेमीयते (memīyate, intensive)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मामाति (māmāti, intensive)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मि॒त (mitá, past participle)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मातुम् (mātum, infinitive)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मितुम् (mitum, infinitive)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मामे (māme, infinitive)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मा॒मै (māmái, infinitive)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मि॒त्वा (mitvā́, gerund)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मी॒त्वा (mītvā́, gerund)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- माय॑ (mā́ya, gerundive)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मा॒त॒व्य (mātavyá, gerundive)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मा (mā́)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा
- मान॑ (mā́na)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मिति (miti)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मातृ॑ (mā́tṛ)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मात्रा॑ (mā́trā)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मा॒या (māyā́)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मा॒यु (māyú)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मास् (mā́s)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा
- मास (māsa)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मस् (mas)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मेय॑ (méya)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मित्सा (mitsā)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मापक (māpaka)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- माप्य (māpya)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- मापन (māpana)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- अवमाय (avamāya)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- प्रतिमा (pratimā)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- अनुमा (anumā)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- उपमा (upamā)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- निमा (nimā)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
- संमा (saṃmā)Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
Noun
मा • (mā́) stem, f (root मा)Category:Sanskrit lemmas#माCategory:Sanskrit nouns#माCategory:Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मा#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#माCategory:Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script#माCategory:Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header#माCategory:Sanskrit feminine nouns#माCategory:Pages with entries#माCategory:Pages with 4 entries#मा
Declension
- ¹Vedic
- ²Perhaps
- In practice, this declension only occurs in early Vedic
and is later replaced by regular ā-stem declension.
References
- ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “MĀ2 messen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 341
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “मा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 804, column 2.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), “1 mā, 'measure'”, in The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 119