मा

Garhwali

Postposition

मा ()

  1. in, at, on
    स्कूल मा मि किताब पढ़दु।
    skūl mi kitāb paṛhdu.
    I read a book at school.

Nepali

Etymology

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

Postposition

मा ()

  1. in, at, on

Newar

Noun

मा ()

  1. plant

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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 (), Old Persian 𐎶𐎠 (m-a /mā/) (whence Persian مـ (ma-)).

Particle

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 ॥
      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.

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

मा (mā́)

  1. accusative singular of अहम् (ahám)

Root

मा ()

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

References

  1. Monier Williams (1899), मा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 804.
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