مهوا
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from the Sauraseni Apabhramsa descendant of Sanskrit मधुक (madhuka) that has become Hindi महुआ (mahuā) / Urdu مہوا (mahuā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mah.waː/
Noun
مَهْوَا • (mahwā) f
- mahua (Madhuca longifolia)
- 1355, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, editor, تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار [tuḥfat an-nuẓẓār fī ḡarāʾib al-ʾamṣār wa ʿajāʾib al-ʾasfār], volume 3, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1855, page 128:
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Declension
Declension of noun مَهْوَا (mahwā)
| Singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَهْوَا mahwā |
الْمَهْوَا al-mahwā |
مَهْوَا mahwā |
| Nominative | مَهْوَا mahwā |
الْمَهْوَا al-mahwā |
مَهْوَا mahwā |
| Accusative | مَهْوَا mahwā |
الْمَهْوَا al-mahwā |
مَهْوَا mahwā |
| Genitive | مَهْوَا mahwā |
الْمَهْوَا al-mahwā |
مَهْوَا mahwā |
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “مهوا”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 622a
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