मैदा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَیْدَه (mayda). Compare Assamese ময়দা (moyoda), Bengali ময়দা (moẏoda), Gujarati મેંદો (mendo), Maithili मेदा (mēdā), Marathi मैदा (maidā), Marwari मैदौ (maidau), Nepali मैदा (maidā), Odia ମଇଦା (maidā), Punjabi ਮੈਦਾ (maidā), Sindhi مَيْدو (maido).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /mɛː.d̪ɑː/, [mɛː.d̪äː]
Noun
मैदा • (maidā) m (Urdu spelling میدا)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मैदा maidā |
मैदे maide |
| oblique | मैदे maide |
मैदों maidõ |
| vocative | मैदे maide |
मैदो maido |
Descendants
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मैदा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 834
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَیْدَه (mayda).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məi.d̪a/
Noun
मैदा • (maidā) m
- maida (refined wheat flour)
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मैदा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 121
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मैदा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 667
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मैदा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)