माज

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘰𑘕 (māja), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚 (majja), from Sanskrit मद्य (mádya). Cognate with Hindi माँजा (māñjā). Doublet of मद्य (madya).

• IPA^(key): /mad͡z/

माज • (māj) m

1. arrogance
2. heat (intensity of feeling, such as the desire of copulation in animals)

• माज येणे (māj yeṇe), माजावर येणे (mājāvar yeṇe, “to come into heat”)

• Berntsen, Maxine, “माज”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “माज”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “माज”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mádya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press