ماذا

Arabic

Etymology

مَا‎ (mā) +‎ ذَا‎ (ḏā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maː.ðaː/
    • (file)
    (Egypt) IPA(key): [ˈmæː.ðæ], [ˈmæː.zæ]
    (Levant) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.ða], [-æː-], [ˈmaː.za], [-æː-]
    (Central Arabia) IPA(key): [ˈmæː.ðɐ]
    (Persian Gulf) IPA(key): [ˈmɑː.ðɐ]
    (Tunisia) IPA(key): [ˈmɛː.ðæ]
    (Morocco) IPA(key): [ˈmæː.ða], [ˈmæː.da]

Pronoun

مَاذَا • (māḏā) m

  1. (interrogative pronoun) what
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 10:101:
      ‏قُلِ ٱنْظُرُوا مَاذَا فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ‎
      quli nẓurū māḏā fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʔarḍi
      Say “Observe what is in the heavens and earth.”
  2. what on earth

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “ما”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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