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U+092E, म
DEVANAGARI LETTER MA

[U+092D]
Devanagari
[U+092F]

Translingual

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(ma)

  1. a letter of the Devanagari alphabet

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Ligatures:

Apabhramsa

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit मा (), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀸 (), from Sanskrit मा (mā́).

Particle

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(ma) (attested in Gurjara)[1]

  1. prohibitive particle: don't
    • c. 1088 – 1173, Hemachandra, Siddha-Hema-Śabdanuśāśana Chapter 8 4.379.1:[2][3]
      महु कंतहो बे दोसडा
      हेल्लि झंखहि आलु ।
      mahu kaṃtaho be dosaḍā
      helli ma jhaṃkhahi ālu.
      • 1928 translation by Parashuram Lakshman Vaidya
        My lover has [only] two flaws
        my friend, do not tell a lie

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 660.
  2. ^ Kantilal Vyas (1982), Apabhraṁśa of Hemacandra (Prakrit text series)‎[1], Prakrit Text Society, →LCCN, page 133
  3. ^ Ratanlal Sanghvi (1963), Siddhahaimaśabdānuśāsana[2], volume 2, →LCCN, page 515

Further reading

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Bantawa

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Noun

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(ma)

  1. woman
  2. mother
  3. weevil

Further reading

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  • Werner Winter, A Bantawa Dictionary (2003, →ISBN), page 58

Dhivehi

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(ma)

  1. The tenth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

Hindi

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Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mə/, [mɐ]

Letter

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(ma)

  1. the twenty-fifth consonant in Hindi

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Marathi

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mə/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

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(ma)

  1. The twenty-fourth consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mʌ]
  • Phonetic Devanagari:
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Letter

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(ma)

  1. The twenty-fifth consonant in Nepali.

Pronoun

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(ma)

  1. I (first person singular pronoun)

Declension

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Old Gujarati

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Etymology

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Inherited from Gurjara Apabhramsa (ma), from Prakrit मा (), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀸 (), from Sanskrit मा (mā́).[1]

Adverb

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(ma)[2]

  1. not

Descendants

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  • Gujarati: મા ()
  • Marwari:
    Devanagari script: मा
    Mahajani script: 𑅬 (m /⁠mā⁠/)

References

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Letter

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(ma)

  1. the twenty-fifth consonant in Sanskrit
  2. the labial nasal consonant
Derived terms
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  • मकार (makāra, the name or sound of the letter (ma))
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Etymology 2

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Sanskrit first person pronoun edit
singular dual plural
stem, lemma form (ma) आव (āva) अस्म (asma)
nominative case अहम् (aham) आवाम् (āvām) वयम् (vayam)
enclitic form(s) मा (), मे (me) नौ (nau) नः (naḥ)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *aȷ́ʰám, *maHám, from Proto-Indo-European *me. See अहम् (aham) for more.

Alternative forms

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  • मद् (mad), मत् (mat)combining forms, alternative constructions of pronominal base

Pronoun

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(ma)

  1. base of the first person singular pronoun; I
Declension
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Declension of the first person singular pronoun
singular
nominative अहम् (ahám)
accusative माम् (mā́m)
instrumental मया (máyā)
dative मह्यम् (máhyam)
ablative मत् (mát), मत्तः (mattáḥ)
genitive मम (máma)
locative मयि (máyi), मे¹ (mé¹)
enclitic accusative मा ()
enclitic dative/genitive मे (me)

¹Vedic

Descendants
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See अहम् (aham) and मह्यम् (mahyam).

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899), “”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 771.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “ahám”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[3] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 155
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “mad”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.