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Tamil
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Tamil 𑀫𑀸 (mā).
Noun
மா • (mā)
- animal, beast
- horse
- elephant
- stallion, boar, male elephant
- (astrology) Leo
- bee
- swan
- calling, call
- cloth
- nail
- bearing with patience
Etymology 2
Compare Kannada ಮಾವು (māvu), Malayalam മാ (mā), Telugu మామిడి (māmiḍi).
Noun
மா • (mā)
- mango
Derived terms
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
மா • (mā)
- (Hinduism) Lakshmi
- (Hinduism) Saraswati
- treasure
- a measure of weight
- the fraction one twentieth
- field
- tract of land
- dislike, disgust
- mirage
Etymology 4
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Probably related to மாய் (māy).
Noun
மா • (mā)
- flour, meal, dough, powder
- dust
- afterbirth, secudines
Etymology 5
From Old Tamil 𑀫𑀸 (mā).
Noun
மா • (mā)
- beauty
- blackness
- color
- paleness cause by lovesickness
Etymology 6
Shortening of அம்மா (ammā).
Noun
மா • (mā)
- (colloquial) mother
See also
References
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “மா”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press