മാ

Malayalam

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *mām. Cognate with Kannada ಮಾವು (māvu), Telugu మామిడి (māmiḍi, “mango”) and Tamil மா (mā, “mango”).

Alternative forms

Noun

മാ • (mā)

  1. mango tree
  2. mango

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मा (mā).

Noun

മാ • (mā)

  1. mother
  2. the goddess Lakshmi
  3. prosperity, gracefulness

Etymology 3

Cognate with Tamil மா (mā).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Numeral

മാ • (mā)

  1. 1/20

Etymology 4

From Old Tamil 𑀫𑀸 (mā, from Sanskrit महा (mahā)). Cognate with Tamil மா (mā).

Alternative forms

Noun

മാ • (mā)

  1. great, massive, big

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Sanskrit मा (mā).

Particle

മാ • (mā)

  1. prohibitive participle

Etymology 6

Cognate with Tamil மா (mā).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

മാ • (mā)

  1. the after birth, secundine, placenta

Etymology 7

From Old Tamil 𑀫𑀸 (mā). Cognate with Tamil மா (mā).

Noun

മാ • (mā)

  1. black color

Etymology 8

Cognate with Tamil மா (mā).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

മാ • (mā)

  1. bravo

References

  • Warrier, M. I. (2008) “മാ”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
  • Gundert, Hermann (1872) “മാ”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
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