ماذا

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Arabic

Etymology

مَا (mā) +‎ ذَا (ḏā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maː.ðaː/
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    (Egypt) IPA(key): ,
    (Levant) IPA(key): , , ,
    (Central Arabia) IPA(key):
    (Persian Gulf) IPA(key):
    (Tunisia) IPA(key):
    (Morocco) IPA(key): ,

Pronoun

مَاذَا • (māḏā) m

  1. (interrogative pronoun) what
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 10:101:
      قُلِ ٱنْظُرُوا مَاذَا فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ
      quli nẓurū māḏā fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʔarḍi
      Say “Observe what is in the heavens and earth.”
  2. what on earth

Derived terms

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ما”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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