mā

ma Syn: Bhaṅgā

मा • (mā́)[1] nicht

Von Proto-Indo-Aryan *maH, von Proto-Indo-Iranian *maH, von Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ (verbotenes Teilchen). Verwandt mit albanisch mo („nicht“), altgriechisch μή (mḗ, "nicht“), altarmenisch mi, „nein, nicht“, avestisch mā, altpersisch m-a /mā/ (woher Persisch ma-.

Von Proto-Indo-Arier *máHm, von Proto-Indo-Iraner *máHm.

Pronomen मा • (mā́) Akkusativ Singular von अहम् (ahám)

मा • (ma) (3 A) tönen, brüllen, brüllen, meckern

Von Proto-Indo-Europäisch *meh₁- („nach Maß“).

Wurzel मा • (ma) "messen; rationieren, dosieren, verteilen; wissen"

Abgeleitete Begriffe
असमाति (asamāti)
प्रतिमा (pratimā)
मातृ (matṛ)
मान (mana)
माति (mati)
मात्र (matra)
मिमीते (mimite)

मा • (mā) Gras, Marihuana

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *maH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maH, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁ (prohibitive particle). Cognate with Albanian mo (“do not”), Ancient Greek μή (mḗ, “not, do not”), Old Armenian մի (mi, “no, not”), Avestan 𐬨𐬁 (mā), Old Persian 𐎶𐎠 (m-a /⁠mā⁠/) (whence Persian مـ (ma-)).^[1]

Particle

मा • (mā́)

don't (prohibitive particle) [ quotations ▼]

Derived terms

माकिम् (mākim)
माकिस् (mākis)

Descendants

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Etymology 2

Shortened from माम् (mā́m).

Pronoun

मा • (mā)

(enclitic) accusative singular of अहम् (ahám)

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic; compare मय (maya, “horse”) and मयु (mayu, “antelope, deer”), which are probably connected to the root, as well as similar formations throughout Indo-European such as Ancient Greek μῐνῠρῐ́ζω (minurízō, “to whimper, warble”).^[2]