مے

Urdu

Alternative forms
  • مَئے (ma'e)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian می (may, “wine”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, mead”). Doublet of مدھو (madhu).

Pronunciation

Noun

مے • (may or mai) f (Hindi spelling मय)

  1. wine
  2. liquor, alcohol
  3. (poetry, Sufism) devotee, lover
    مے کشو ― mai kaśo ― Devoted lovers

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • مے پرست (mai-parast, “wine lover; alcoholic, drunkard”)
  • مے خانہ (mai-xānā, “wine cellar; bar”)
  • مے فروش (mai-faroś, “wine merchant”)
  • مے گون (mai-gūn, “wine-colored; dark purplish red”)
  • مے کدہ (mai-kadā, “tavern, bar”)
  • مے کش (mai-kash, “wine-drinker”)
  • مے نوشی (mai-noshī, “wine-drinking”)

References
  • “مے”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “مے”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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