ماہ
See also: ماه
Baluchi
Noun
ماہ • (máh)
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀳 (māha), from Sanskrit माघ (māghá).
Noun
ماہ (māh) m
- Magha (eleventh month of the Hindu lunar calendar)
Punjabi
Alternative forms
- مَان٘ہہ (māṉh) (Pakistan)
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀳 (māha), from Sanskrit माघ (māghá). Doublet of ماگھ (māgh).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: mā́ IPA(key): /mäː˦/
- Rhymes: -äː˦
Noun
مَاہ • (māh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਾਹ) (Standard Punjabi)
- a month; period of thirty days
- moon
- (figuratively, poetic) beloved (ie. lover)
- alternative form of ماگھ (māgh, “the month of Magh”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ماہ (māh) | ماہ (māh) |
| oblique | ماہ (māh) | ماہاں (māhāṉ) |
| vocative | ماہا (māhā) | ماہو (māho) |
| ablative | ماہوں (māhoṉ) | ماہاں (māhāṉ) |
| locative | ماہے (māhe) | ماہِیں (māhīṉ) |
| instrumental | ماہوں (māhoṉ) | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ماہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “𑀫𑀸𑀳”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “māghá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 574
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ماه (māh, “moon”).
Compare Baluchi ماہ (máh), Pashto مياشت (myāšt) and Punjabi ماہ (māh).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mɑːɦ/
Noun
ماہ • (māh) m (Hindi spelling माह)
Derived terms
- ماہ بَہ ماہ (māh-ba-māh, “monthly”)
- ماہ رُخ (māh-rux, “beautiful”)
- ماہ رُو (māh-rū, “beautiful face”, literally “[having] a face like the moon”)
- ماہ نامَہ (māh-nāma, “monthly magazine”)
- ماہ وَش (māh-vaś, “beautiful; beloved”, literally “moon-like”)
- ماہ پَیکَر (māh-paikar, “moon-shaped”)
- ماہِ نَو (māh-e-nau, “new moon”)
- مہر و ماہ (mehr-o-māh, “sun and moon”)
References
- “ماہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ماہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ماہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “ماہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.