মা
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Assamese
মেকুৰী পোৱালিৰ সৈতে সিহঁতৰ মায়েক।
- mekuri püalir xoite xihõtor mayek.
- Kittens with their mother.
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Early Assamese মাৱ (mawo), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀸 (māyā), from Sanskrit माता (mātā). Doublet of মাতৃ (matri).
Pronunciation
Noun
মা • (ma)
Kinship declension
Conjugation forms of মা
| Person | Cases | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | accusative | dative | terminative | genitive | locative | ||||
| 1st | মোৰ (mür, “my”), আমাৰ (amar, “our”) | মা ma |
মাক mak |
মালৈ maloi |
মালৈকে maloike |
মাৰ mar |
মাত mat | ||
| 2nd | very familiar; inferior |
তোৰ (tür, “your”), তহঁতৰ (tohõtor, “your(pl)”) | মাৰ mar |
মাৰক marok |
মাৰলৈ maroloi |
মাৰলৈকে maroloike |
মাৰৰ maror |
মাৰত marot | |
| familiar | তোমাৰ (tümar, “your”), তোমালোকৰ (tümalükor, “your(pl)”) | মাৰা mara |
মাৰাক marak |
মাৰালৈ maraloi |
মাৰালৈকে maraloike |
মাৰাৰ marar |
মাৰাত marat | ||
| formal | আপোনাৰ (apünar, “your”), আপোনালোকৰ (apünalükor, “your(pl)”) | মাক mak |
মাকক makok |
মাকলৈ makoloi |
মাকলৈকে makoloike |
মাকৰ makor |
মাকত makot | ||
| 3rd | তাৰ (tar, “his”), তাইৰ (tair, “her”), সিহঁতৰ (xihõtor, “their”), তেওঁৰ (teü̃r, “his/her(frm)”) etc | ||||||||
Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀸 (māyā), from Sanskrit माता (mātā). Doublet of মাতা (mata), মাতৃ (matri), মাই (mai, “breast”), and মেয়ে (meẏe, “girl”).
Pronunciation
Noun
মা • (ma)
Inflection
| Inflection of মা | |||
| nominative | মা ma | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| objective | মাকে make | ||
| genitive | মার mar | ||
| Indefinite forms | |||
| nominative | মা ma | ||
| objective | মাকে make | ||
| genitive | মার mar | ||
| Definite forms | |||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | মাটা, মাটি maṭa (colloquial), maṭi (formal) |
মারা mara | |
| objective | মাটাকে, মাটিকে maṭake (colloquial), maṭike (formal) |
মাদের(কে) mader(ke) | |
| genitive | মাটার, মাটির maṭar (colloquial), maṭir (formal) |
মাদের mader | |
| Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). | |||
Old Bengali
Alternative forms
- ম (ma)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit मा (mā́), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maH, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ (prohibitive particle).
Pronunciation
Adverb
মা (mā)
Further reading
- Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 262