मा

Garhwali

Verb

मा (mā) (transitive)

  1. have
    मेमा यअक किताब न्ही च।
    memā yaak kitāb nhī ca.
    I don't have a book.

Nepali

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit मध्य (madhya), cognate with Hindi में (mẽ).

Pronunciation

Postposition

मा • (mā)

  1. in, at, on

Newar

Pronunciation

Noun

मा • (mā) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐩𑐵)

  1. plant

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬫᬵ (Balinese script)
  • মা (Assamese script)
  • মা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌮𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • મા (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦩꦴ (Javanese script)
  • មា (Khmer script)
  • ಮಾ (Kannada script)
  • ມາ (Lao script)
  • മാ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘦𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠮᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • မာ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧆𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ମା (Oriya script)
  • ꢪꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • මා (Sinhalese script)
  • మా (Telugu script)
  • มา (Thai script)
  • མཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *maH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maH, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ (prohibitive particle). Cognate with Albanian mo (“do not”), Ancient Greek μή (mḗ, “not, do not”), Old Armenian մի (mi, “no, not”), Avestan 𐬨𐬁‎ (mā), Old Persian 𐎶𐎠 (m-a /mā/) (whence Persian مـ‎ (ma-)).

Particle

मा • (mā́)[1]

  1. don't (prohibitive particle)
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.5.10
    • मा नो मर्ता अभि द्रुहन्तनूनामिन्द्र गिर्वणः । ईशानो यवया वधम् ॥
      mā no martā abhi druhantanūnāmindra girvaṇaḥ . īśāno yavayā vadham .
      O Indra, thou who lovest song, do not let any man hurt our bodies. Keep slaughter far from us for thou canst.
Descendants
Terms inherited from मा (mā́)
  • Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸 (mā)
    • Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸 (mā)
      • Old Bengali: মা (mā)
      • Sauraseni Prakrit:
        • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
          • Old Gujarati: म (ma)
        • Romani: ma
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • ⇒ Old Punjabi: ਮਖਟੂ (makhaṭū /makhaṭṭū/, “not earning, idle”, adjective), ਮਚਾਂਗਵਾ (macāṁgavā /macāṁgavāṁ/, “not good, bad”, adjective)
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi:
          Arabic: م‎
          Devanagari: म
    • ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀅 (māia), 𑀫𑀸𑀇 (māi), 𑀫𑀇𑀅 (maïa)
    • ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀢 (maṃta)
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Old Punjabi: ਮਤ (mata), ਮਤਿ (mati), ਮਤੁ (matu)
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi:
          Arabic: مَتان‎, مَتَڻ‎, مَتُڻِ‎
          Devanagari: मतां, मतण, मतुणि
      • Sauraseni Prakrit:
        • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
  • Dardic:
    • Kalasha: mo
    • Kashmiri: مَہ‎ (mah)
  • Gandhari: 𐨨‎ (ma)
  • Pali: mā

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *máHm, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHm.

Pronoun

मा • (mā́)

  1. accusative singular of अहम् (ahám)

Etymology 3

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

Root

मा • (mā)

  1. (3 A) to sound, bellow, roar, bleat

Etymology 4
Sanskrit verb forms
Presentमाति (māti)
मिमीते (mimīte)
मायते (māyate)
Causativeमापयति (māpayati)
Desiderativeमित्सति (mitsati)
Intensiveमेमीयते (memīyate)

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Root

मा • (mā)

  1. to measure
  2. to ration, mete out, distribute
  3. to know
Derived terms

References
  1. Monier Williams (1899), “मा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 804.
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