ਮ

ਮ U+0A2E, ਮ GURMUKHI LETTER MA ← ਭ [U+0A2D] Gurmukhi ਯ → [U+0A2F]

Translingual

Glyph origin

From the Sharada letter 𑆩 (ma), itself from the Brahmi letter 𑀫 (ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə/

Letter

ਮ

1. Gurmukhi letter ਮੱਮਾ (mammā)
   • Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Arjan, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 258:

     ਮਮਾ ਮਾਗਨਹਾਰ ਇਆਨਾ ਦੇਨਹਾਰ ਦੇ ਰਹਿਓ ਸੁਜਾਨਾ

     mamā māganhār eānā denhār de rahio sujānā

     Mamma: The beggar is so ignorant - the Great Giver continues to give. He is All-knowing.

Punjabi

Etymology 1

From Brahmi 𑀫.

Alternative forms

• Shahmukhi letter: م (mīm)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə/

Letter

ਮ • (mammā)

1. The thirtieth consonant in Punjabi.

See also

• Gurmukhi script letters: ੳ, ਅ, ੲ, ਸ, ਹ, ਕ, ਖ, ਗ, ਘ, ਙ, ਚ, ਛ, ਜ, ਝ, ਞ, ਟ, ਠ, ਡ, ਢ, ਣ, ਤ, ਥ, ਦ, ਧ, ਨ, ਪ, ਫ, ਬ, ਭ, ਮ, ਯ, ਰ, ਲ, ਵ, ੜ, ਸ਼, ਖ਼, ਗ਼, ਜ਼, ਫ਼, ਲ਼, ਕ਼ ^[edit]

• Gurmukhi script vowels: ਅ, ਆ, ਇ, ਈ, ਉ, ਊ, ਏ, ਐ, ਓ, ਔ ^[edit]

• Gurmukhi script diacritics: ਾ, ਿ, ੀ, ੁ, ੂ, ੇ, ੈ, ੋ, ੌ, ਂ, ੰ, ੱ ^[edit]

References

• “ਮ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Etymology 2

Akin to Saraiki م (m). Compare ਹਮ (ham), ਹਮੂੰ (hamū̃) and Saraiki ہامی (hāmī). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə̆/

Pronoun

ਮ • (ma) (Shahmukhi spelling م)

1. (Western) first-person singular present pronominal suffix

   ਝੰਗ ਆਇਓ ਮ।

   jhaṅg āio ma.

   I have come to Jhang.

   ਮੈਂ ਰੋਟੀ ਖਾਧੀ ਮ।

   maĩ roṭī khādhī ma.

   I have eaten my food.