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Etymology[edit]
مَا (mā) + ذَا (ḏā).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /maː.ðaː/
- (Egypt) IPA(key): [ˈmæː.ðæ], [ˈmæː.zæ]
- (Levant) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.ða], [-æː-], [ˈmaː.za], [-æː-]
- (Central Arabia) IPA(key): [ˈmæː.ðɐ]
- (Persian Gulf) IPA(key): [ˈmɑː.ðɐ]
- (Tunisia) IPA(key): [ˈmɛː.ðæ]
- (Morocco) IPA(key): [ˈmæː.ða], [ˈmæː.da]
Pronoun[edit]
مَاذَا • (māḏā) m
- (interrogative pronoun) what
609–632 CE, Qur'an, 10:101:قُلِ ٱنْظُرُوا مَاذَا فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ- quli nẓurū māḏā fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʔarḍi
- Say “Observe what is in the heavens and earth.”
- what on earth
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “ما”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN