माह

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɑːɦ/, [mäːʱ]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has

Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah

Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h)

Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ)

Classical Persian مَاه (māh)bor.

Hindi माह

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَاه (māh), from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ). Doublet of मास (mās).

Noun

माह • (māh) m (Urdu spelling ماہ)

1. a month

   Synonyms: महीना (mahīnā), मास (mās)

2. the moon

   Synonyms: चांद (cānd), चंद्रमा (candramā), महताब (mahtāb)

Declension

Declension of माह (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	माह māh	माह māh
oblique	माह māh	माहों māhõ
vocative	माह māh	माहो māho

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *me

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe

Proto-Indo-European *médʰi

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰyas

Sanskrit मध्य॑ (mádhya)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀛 (majha /⁠majjha⁠/)

Prakrit 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛 (majjha)

Hindi माह

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛 (majjha, “middle, central”), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀛 (majha /⁠majjha⁠/), from Sanskrit मध्य॑ (mádhya).

Noun

माह • (māh) m (Urdu spelling ماہ)

1. (dialectal) in, inside, within

   Synonym: में (mẽ)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

माह • (māh) f (Urdu spelling ماہ)

1. star jasmine flower; Jasminum multiflorum

   Synonym: कुंद (kund)

Etymology 4

Etymology tree

Sanskrit माघ (māgha)

Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀳 (māha)

Hindi माह

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀳 (māha), from Sanskrit माघ (māgha). Doublet of माघ (māgh).

Noun

माह • (māh) m (Urdu spelling ماہ)

1. Magha month

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “माह”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884), “माह”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “माह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press