ما

From Arabic مَاء‎ (māʾ, “water”).

ما (mā)

1. water

From Arabic مَاء‎ (māʾ, “water”).

ما (mā)

1. water

• IPA^(key): /maː/

مَا • (mā) m

1. (interrogative) what?
2. (indefinite) some, a certain
3. (relative) that which, what
4. (relative) something which
5. (indefinite relative) whatever, all that

• (whatever): مَهْمَا‎ (mahmā)

مَا • (mā)

1. not

مَا • (mā)

1. as long as

مَا • (mā)

1. whenever
2. as far as, to the extent that, to the degree that
3. (with an elative in the accusative) (oh) how...!

   ‏مَا أَجْمَلَ ٱلْحَيَاةَ!‎‎

   Mā ʾajmala l-ḥayāh!

   How beautiful life is!

• (oh how): The above accusative construction is called تَعَجُّب‎ (taʿajjub, “amazement”) in Arabic. According to traditional grammar, if a nominative were used in the example above (resulting in mā ʾajmalu l-ḥayāh), it would turn into a question meaning: “What is the most beautiful kind of life?”

From Arabic مَاء‎ (māʾ, “water”).

ما (mā)

1. water

From Arabic مَاء‎ (māʾ, “water”).

ما (mā)

1. water

From Latin mea (“my”). Compare French ma.

ما (ma) f

1. my

From Middle Persian 𐭫𐭭𐭤‎ (amāh, “we, us”).

• IPA^(key): /mɒː/

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ما • (mâ)

1. we
2. (generally with following را‎) us
3. (at end of an ezafe) our

ما • (mâ)

1. sound of a cow, moo