मा

Garhwali

Verb

मा () (transitive)Category:Garhwali lemmas#माCategory:Garhwali verbs#माCategory:Garhwali entries with incorrect language header#माCategory:Pages with entries#माCategory:Pages with 4 entries#मा

  1. have
    मेमा यअक किताब न्ही च।
    me yaak kitāb nhī ca.
    I don't have a book.
    Category:Garhwali terms with usage examples#मा

Nepali

Etymology

Ultimately from SanskritCategory:Nepali terms derived from Sanskrit#मा मध्य (madhya), cognate with Hindi में (mẽ).

Pronunciation

Postposition

मा ()Category:Nepali lemmas#माCategory:Nepali postpositions#माCategory:Nepali entries with incorrect language header#माCategory:Pages with entries#माCategory:Pages with 4 entries#मा

  1. in, at, on

Newar

Pronunciation

Noun

मा () ? (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

  1. plant

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Category:Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian#माCategory:Sanskrit entries referencing missing etymons#माCategory:Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian#मा

    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 (), 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

    1. 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.
        Category:Sanskrit terms with quotations#मा
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    References

    1. 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

    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 , Old English me.

    Pronoun

    मा ()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

    1. (enclitic) accusative singular of अहम् (ahám)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा
      Synonym: माम् (mā́m)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#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 ()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

      1. to sound, bellow, bleat
      Derived terms

      References

      1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “1 brüllen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 341

      Further reading

      Etymology 4

        Category:Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#माCategory:Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#माCategory:Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁-#मा

        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 ()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

        1. to measure
        Derived terms

        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

        1. measure
        2. authority
        3. light
        4. knowledge
        5. binding, fettering
        6. death
        Declension
        Feminine ā-stem declension of मा
        singular dual plural
        nominative माः (mā́ḥ)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा मौ (máu)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा
        मा¹ (mā́¹)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा
        माः (mā́ḥ)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा
        accusative माम् (mā́m)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा मौ (máu)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा
        मा¹ (mā́¹)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा
        माः (mā́ḥ)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा
        मः² (máḥ²)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा
        instrumental मा (mā́)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा माभ्या॑म् (mā́bhyām)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा माभिः॑ (mā́bhiḥ)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
        dative मे ()Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा माभ्या॑म् (mā́bhyām)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा माभ्यः॑ (mā́bhyaḥ)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
        ablative मः (máḥ)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा माभ्या॑म् (mā́bhyām)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा माभ्यः॑ (mā́bhyaḥ)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
        genitive मः (máḥ)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा मोः (móḥ)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा माना॑म् (mā́nām)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
        माम्² (mā́m²)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा
        locative मि ()Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा मोः (móḥ)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा मासु॑ (mā́su)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations#मा
        vocative माः (mā́ḥ)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा मौ (máu)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा
        मा¹ (mā́¹)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा
        माः (mā́ḥ)Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters#माCategory:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#मा
        • ¹Vedic
        • ²Perhaps
        • In practice, this declension only occurs in early Vedic
          and is later replaced by regular ā-stem declension.
        Category:Sanskrit root-stem nouns on -ā#मा

        References

        1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “2 messen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 341

        Further reading

        Category:Garhwali lemmas Category:Garhwali terms with usage examples Category:Garhwali verbs Category:Nepali lemmas Category:Nepali postpositions Category:Nepali terms derived from Sanskrit Category:Nepali terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Newar lemmas Category:Newar nouns Category:Newar nouns in Devanagari script Category:Newar terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Newar terms with redundant script codes Category:Pages with 4 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Requests for gender in Newar entries Category:Sanskrit entries referencing missing etymons Category:Sanskrit feminine nouns Category:Sanskrit lemmas Category:Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters Category:Sanskrit non-lemma forms Category:Sanskrit nouns Category:Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script Category:Sanskrit onomatopoeias Category:Sanskrit particles Category:Sanskrit particles in Devanagari script Category:Sanskrit pronoun forms Category:Sanskrit pronoun forms in Devanagari script Category:Sanskrit root-stem nouns on -ā Category:Sanskrit roots Category:Sanskrit roots in Devanagari script Category:Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मा Category:Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan Category:Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European Category:Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian Category:Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- Category:Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan Category:Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European Category:Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian Category:Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Category:Sanskrit terms with quotations Category:Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations