मकई

Hindi

Etymology

From a feminine form of Sanskrit मर्कक (markaka); see Hindi मक्का (makkā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mə.kə.iː/, [mɐ.kɐ.iː]

Noun

मकई • (makaī) f (Urdu spelling مکئی)

  1. synonym of मक्का (makkā, “maize, corn”)

Declension

Declension of मकई (fem ind ī-stem)
singular plural
direct मकई
makaī 		मकइयाँ
makaiyā̃
oblique मकई
makaī 		मकइयों
makaiyõ
vocative मकई
makaī 		मकइयो
makaiyo

References

  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मकई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Colin P. Masica (1979) “Aryan and non-Aryan elements in North Indian agriculture”, in M. Deshpande and P. E. Hook, editors, Aryan and Non-Aryan in India‎[1], Ann Arbor: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, pages 55–151
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