मकई

Hindi

Etymology

From a feminine form of Sanskrit मर्कक (markaka); see Hindi मक्का (makkā).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mə.kə.iː/

Noun

मकई • (makaī) f (Urdu spelling مکئی‎)

  1. Synonym of मक्का (makkā, “maize, corn”)

Declension
Declension of मकई (fem ind ī-stem)
singular plural
direct मकई
makaī		 मकइयाँ
makaiyā̃
oblique मकई
makaī		 मकइयों
makaiyõ
vocative मकई
makaī		 मकइयो
makaiyo

References
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मकई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Colin P. Masica (1979), “Aryan and non-Aryan elements in North Indian agriculture”, in M. Deshpande and P. E. Hook, editors, Aryan and Non-Aryan in India‎, Ann Arbor: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, pages 55–151
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