माह
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mɑːɦ/, [mäːʱ]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian ماه (māh), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s. Doublet of मास (mās). Cognate of English moon.
Noun
माह • (māh) m (Urdu spelling ماہ)
Declension
Etymology 3
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Etymology 4
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References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “माह”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “माह”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “माह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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