माग

See also: मग, मागे, मृग, मूँग, and मूंग

Kashmiri

Etymology

From Sanskrit माघ (māgha).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [maːɡ]

Proper noun

माग • (māg) (Perso-Arabic ماگ)

Eleventh month of Kashmiri calendar corresponding to January-February of the Gregorian calendar.

References

Grierson, George Abraham (1932), “माग”, in A dictionary of the Kashmiri language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, page 551
Jawahir Lal Tickoo (2006), “माग”, in Kashmiri-English Dictionary, Delhi: Indian Institute of Language Studies, →ISBN, page 353

Marathi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás

Sanskrit मृग (mṛga)vṛd.

Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀕 (maga)

Prakrit 𑀫𑀕𑁆𑀕 (magga)

Apabhramsa मग्ग (magga)

Marathi माग

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘰𑘐 (māga), from Apabhramsa मग्ग (magga), from Prakrit मग्ग (magga), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀕 (maga /⁠magga⁠/), from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga).^[1] Doublet of मार्ग (mārga).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maɡ/
Rhymes: -aɡ
Hyphenation: माग

Proper noun

माग • (māg) m^[2]^[3]^[4]

trace, track
असं लपा की माग नाही राहिला पाहिजे.
asa lapā kī māg nāhī rāhilā pāhije.
Hide such that there’s no trace [of you].

मी त्याच्या मागावर आहे. ― mī tyācyā māgāvar āhe. ― I am on his tail.

References

More information

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mārga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 579: “M. māg m. 'road, track'”
^ Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “माग”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 116
^ Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “माग”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 639
^ दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “माग”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2446

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás

Sanskrit मृग (mṛga)vṛd.

Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀕 (maga)

Prakrit 𑀫𑀕𑁆𑀕 (magga)

Apabhramsa मग्ग (magga)

Old Gujarati माग

Inherited from Apabhramsa मग्ग (magga), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀕𑁆𑀕 (magga), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀕 (maga), from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga), a vṛddhi derivative of मृग (mṛga), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás. Cognate with Old Bengali মাগ.

Noun

माग • (māga) m

road, path

Descendants

Gujarati: માગ (māg)

Old Marathi

Verb

माग (māga) m

Devanagari script form of 𑘦𑘰𑘐 (“way, path”)

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mārga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 579: “M. māg m. 'road, track'”

[2] Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “माग”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 116

[3] Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “माग”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 639

[4] दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “माग”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2446

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