മാ

Malayalam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *mām. Cognate with Kannada ಮಾವು (māvu), Telugu మామిడి (māmiḍi, “mango”) and Tamil மா (mā, “mango”).

Alternative forms

• മാവ് (māvŭ)

Noun

മാ • (mā)

1. mango tree
2. mango

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मा (mā).

Noun

മാ • (mā)

1. mother
2. the goddess Lakshmi
3. prosperity, gracefulness

Etymology 3

Cognate with Tamil மா (mā).

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

Numeral

മാ • (mā)

1. 1/20; one twentieth

Etymology 4

Derived from Old Tamil 𑀫𑀸 (mā), from Sanskrit महा (mahā). Cognate with Tamil மா (mā).

Adjective

മാ • (mā)

1. great, massive, big

   Synonym: മഹാ (mahā)

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Sanskrit मा (mā).

Particle

മാ • (mā)

1. prohibitive participle

Etymology 6

Cognate with Tamil மா (mā).

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

Noun

മാ • (mā)

1. the after birth, secundine, placenta

Etymology 7

Derived from Old Tamil 𑀫𑀸 (mā). Cognate with Tamil மா (mā).

Noun

മാ • (mā)

A black horse weathervane

1. black color

Etymology 8

Cognate with Tamil மா (mā), Kannada ಮಾ (mā).

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

Interjection

മാ • (mā)

1. bravo

References

• Warrier, M. I. (2008), “മാ”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
• Gundert, Hermann (1872), “മാ”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.