ماہ

See also: ماه

Baluchi

Noun

ماہ • (máh)

1. moon
2. month

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• مَان٘ہہ (māṉh) (Pakistan)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit [script needed] (māha), from Sanskrit माघ (māghá). Doublet of ماگھ (māgh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: mā́ IPA^(key): /mäː˦/
• Rhymes: -äː˦

Noun

مَاہ • (māh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਾਹ) (Standard Punjabi)

1. moon
2. a month; period of thirty days
3. (figuratively, poetic) beloved (ie. lover)
4. Alternative form of ماگھ (māgh, “the month of Magh”)

Declension

Declension of ماہ
dir. sg.	ماہ (māh)
dir. pl.	ماہ (māh)
	singular	plural
direct	ماہ (māh)	ماہ (māh)
oblique	ماہ (māh)	ماہاں (māhāṉ)
vocative	ماہا (māhā)	ماہو (māho)
ablative	ماہوں (māhoṉ)	—
locative	ماہے (māhe)	ماہِیں (māhīṉ)
instrumental	ماہے (māhe)	ماہِیں (māhīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ماہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ماہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “māghá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 574

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ماه (māh, “moon”).

Compare Baluchi ماہ (máh), Pashto مياشت (myāšt) and Punjabi ماہ (māh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɑːɦ/

Noun

ماہ • (māh) m (Hindi spelling माह)

1. moon
2. (figuratively) beloved

Derived terms

• ماہ رُو (māh-rū, “beautiful face”, literally “[having] a face like the moon”)
• ماہ رُخ (māh-rux, “beautiful”)
• ماہ وَش (māh-vaś, “beautiful; beloved”, literally “moon-like”)
• ماہ نامَہ (māh-nāma, “monthly magazine”)
• ماہ بَہ ماہ (māh-ba-māh, “monthly”)
• ماہ پَیکَر (māh-paikar, “moon-shaped”)
• ماہِ نَو (māh-e-nau, “new moon”)
• مہر و ماہ (mehr-o-māh, “sun and moon”)

References

• “ماہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ماہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ماہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “ماہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.