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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*maṭṭa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ماڑا • (māṛā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਾੜਾ)
- weak, feeble
- poor (as opposed to rich)
- bad; weak (as opposed to good)
- Synonym: بَھیڑا (bhaeṛā)
- small; little (as opposed to big)
- light (as opposed to heavy)
Declension
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ماڑا (māṛā)
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ماڑے (māṛe)
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ماڑی (māṛī)
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ماڑِیاں (māṛiyāṉ)
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ماڑے (māṛe)
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ماڑیاں (māṛeyāṉ)
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ماڑی (māṛī)
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ماڑِیاں (māṛiyāṉ)
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Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ماڑا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਮਾੜਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*maṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 557