ما

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Arabic [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

ما • (mā)

  1. (interrogative) what?
  2. (indefinite) some, a certain
  3. (relative) that which, what
  4. (relative) something which
  5. (relative) whatever, all that

Particle [edit]

ما • (mā)

  1. not (dialect only or only for the past tense verb conjugations in Modern Standard Arabic)

Conjunction [edit]

ما • (mā)

  1. as long as

Adverb [edit]

ما • (mā)

  1. whenever
  2. as far as, to the extent that, to the degree that

Persian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle Persian 𐭫𐭭𐭤 (amāh, “we, us”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

Dari ما‍
Iranian Persian ما‍
Tajik ‍мо‍

ما (mâ)

  1. we

Interjection [edit]

ما (mâ)

  1. sound of a cow, moo
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