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U+092E, म
DEVANAGARI LETTER MA

Devanagari

Translingual

Pronunciation

Letter

  1. a letter of the Devanagari alphabet

See also

Ligatures:

Apabhramsa

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit मा (), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀸 (), from Sanskrit मा (mā́).

Particle

(ma) (Gurjara)[1]

  1. prohibitive particle: don't
    • c. 1088 – 1173, Hemachandra, Siddha-Hema-Śabdanuśāśana Chapter 8 4.379.1:[2][3]
      महु कंतहो बे दोसडा
      हेल्लि झंखहि आलु ।
      mahu kaṃtaho be dosaḍā
      helli ma jhaṃkhahi ālu.
      • 1928 translation by Parashuram Lakshman Vaidya
        My lover has two flaws
        my friend, do not tell a lie

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T (1923–1928) “”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: , page 660.
  2. ^ Kantilal Vyas (1982) Apabhraṁśa of Hemacandra (Prakrit text series)‎, Prakrit Text Society, →LCCN, page 133
  3. ^ Ratanlal Sanghvi (1963) Siddhahaimaśabdānuśāsana, volume 2, →LCCN, page 515

Further reading

Bantawa

Noun

(ma)

  1. woman
  2. mother
  3. weevil

Further reading

  • Werner Winter, A Bantawa Dictionary (2003, →ISBN), page 58

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

Letter

(ma)

  1. The tenth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

Hindi

Pronunciation

Letter

(ma)

  1. the twenty-fifth consonant in Hindi

See also

Marathi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mə/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

(ma)

  1. The twenty-fourth consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Phonetic Devanagari:

Letter

(ma)

  1. The twenty-fifth consonant in Nepali.

Pronoun

(ma)

  1. I (first person singular pronoun)

Declension

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Gurjara Apabhramsa (ma), from Prakrit मा (), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀸 (), from Sanskrit मा (mā́).[1]

Adverb

(ma)[2]

  1. not

Descendants

  • Gujarati: મા ()
  • Marwari:
    Devanagari script: मा
    Mahajani script: 𑅬 (m /⁠mā⁠/)

References