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 • (maidām (Urdu spelling میدا)

  1. fine flour (usually made from wheat)

Declension

Declension of मैदा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct मैदा
maidā
मैदे
maide
oblique मैदे
maide
मैदों
maidõ
vocative मैदे
maide
मैदो
maido

Descendants

  • English: maida
  • Malayalam: മൈദ (maida)

Further reading

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَیْدَه (mayda).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məi.d̪a/

Noun

मैदा • (maidām

  1. 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)