மா

• IPA^(key): /maː/

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மா • (mā)

1. the alphasyllabic combination of ம் (m) +‎ ஆ (ā).

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *mā. Cognate with Kannada ಮಾವು (māvu), Malayalam മാ (mā) and Telugu మావి (māvi), మామిడి (māmiḍi).

• மாம் (mām) — combining form

மா • (mā)

1. mango

Aphetic form of அம்மா (ammā).

மா • (mā) (vocative)

1. Spoken Tamil form of அம்மா (ammā).

   Coordinate term: பா (pā)

மா • (mā) (Spoken Tamil, familiar, vocative)

1. a term of address for women.

   Coordinate term: பா (pā)

2. (endearing, Tamil Nadu) a term of address for a group of younger people.

Inherited from Old Tamil 𑀫𑀸 (mā).

மா • (mā) (archaic)

1. animal, beast
2. horse
3. elephant
4. stallion, boar, male elephant
5. (astrology) Leo
6. bee
7. swan
8. calling, call
9. cloth
10. nail
11. bearing with patience

Inherited from Old Tamil 𑀫𑀸 (mā). Cognate with Malayalam മാ (mā).

மா • (mā) (obsolete)

1. beauty
2. blackness
3. color
4. paleness cause by lovesickness

   Synonym: பசலை (pacalai)

Probably related to மாய் (māy). Cognate with Malayalam മാ (mā) and Telugu మావీ (māvī).

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மா • (mā) (archaic)

1. flour, meal, dough, powder

   Synonym: மாவு (māvu)

2. dust

   Synonym: பொடி (poṭi)

3. afterbirth, secundines

   Synonym: நஞ்சுக்கொடி (nañcukkoṭi)

From Sanskrit मा (mā). Cognate with Malayalam മാ (mā).

மா • (mā) (obsolete)

1. (Hinduism) Lakshmi
2. (Hinduism) Saraswati
3. treasure
4. a measure of weight
5. the fraction one twentieth
6. field
7. tract of land
8. dislike, disgust
9. mirage

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “மா”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press