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Baluchi
Noun
ماہ • (máh)
- moon
- month
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit (māha), from Sanskrit माघ (māghá). Doublet of ماگھ (māgh).
Pronunciation
Noun
مَاہ • (māh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਾਹ) (Standard Punjabi)
- moon
- a month; period of thirty days
- (figuratively, poetic) beloved (ie. lover)
- Alternative form of ماگھ (māgh, “the month of Magh”)
Declension
| Declension of ماہ
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| dir. sg.
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ماہ (māh)
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| dir. pl.
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ماہ (māh)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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ماہ (māh)
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ماہ (māh)
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| oblique
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ماہ (māh)
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ماہاں (māhāṉ)
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| vocative
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ماہا (māhā)
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ماہو (māho)
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| ablative
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ماہوں (māhoṉ)
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ماہاں (māhāṉ)
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| locative
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ماہے (māhe)
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ماہِیں (māhīṉ)
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| instrumental
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ماہوں (māhoṉ)
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Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ماہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ماہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “māghá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 574
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ماه (māh, “moon”).
Compare Baluchi ماہ (máh), Pashto مياشت (myāšt) and Punjabi ماہ (māh).
Pronunciation
Noun
ماہ • (māh) m (Hindi spelling माह)
- moon
- (figuratively) beloved
Derived terms
- ماہ رُو (māh-rū, “beautiful face”, literally “ a face like the moon”)
- ماہ رُخ (māh-rux, “beautiful”)
- ماہ وَش (māh-vaś, “beautiful; beloved”, literally “moon-like”)
- ماہ نامَہ (māh-nāma, “monthly magazine”)
- ماہ بَہ ماہ (māh-ba-māh, “monthly”)
- ماہ پَیکَر (māh-paikar, “moon-shaped”)
- ماہِ نَو (māh-e-nau, “new moon”)
- مہر و ماہ (mehr-o-māh, “sun and moon”)
References
- “ماہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ماہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ماہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “ماہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.