مهوا

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from the Sauraseni Apabhramsa descendant of Sanskrit मधुक (madhuka) that has become Hindi महुआ (mahuā) / Urdu مہوا (mahuā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mah.waː/

Noun

مَهْوَا • (mahwā) f

  1. mahua (Madhuca longifolia)
    • 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri]‎[1], volume 3, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1855, page 128:

Declension

Declension of noun مَهْوَا (mahwā)
singular singular invariable
indefinite definite construct
informal مَهْوَا
mahwā 		الْمَهْوَا
al-mahwā 		مَهْوَا
mahwā
nominative مَهْوَا
mahwā 		الْمَهْوَا
al-mahwā 		مَهْوَا
mahwā
accusative مَهْوَا
mahwā 		الْمَهْوَا
al-mahwā 		مَهْوَا
mahwā
genitive مَهْوَا
mahwā 		الْمَهْوَا
al-mahwā 		مَهْوَا
mahwā

References

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