मा

मा (mā)

1. in, at, on

   स्कूल मा मि किताब पढ़दु।

   skūl mā mi kitāb paṛhdu.

   I read a book at school.

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

मा • (mā)

1. in, at, on

मा (mā)

1. plant

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑ́ː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mɑː/

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

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.

• Dardic: *mā́
  • Kalasha: mo
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀢 (maṃta)
• Pali: mā
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀢 (maṃta)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: मत (mat)

    Urdu: مت‎ (mat)

  • Punjabi: ਮਤ (mat)

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

मा • (mā́)

1. accusative singular of अहम् (ahám)

मा • (mā)

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