مهوا
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from the Sauraseni Apabhramsa descendant of Sanskrit मधुक (madhuka) that has become Hindi महुआ (mahuā) / Urdu مہوا (mahuā).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
مَهْوَا • (mahwā) f
- mahua (Madhuca longifolia)
- 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri][1], volume 3, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1855, page 128:
Declension edit
Declension of noun مَهْوَا (mahwā)
| Singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَهْوَا mahwā |
الْمَهْوَا al-mahwā |
مَهْوَا mahwā |
| Nominative | مَهْوَا mahwā |
الْمَهْوَا al-mahwā |
مَهْوَا mahwā |
| Accusative | مَهْوَا mahwā |
الْمَهْوَا al-mahwā |
مَهْوَا mahwā |
| Genitive | مَهْوَا mahwā |
الْمَهْوَا al-mahwā |
مَهْوَا mahwā |
References edit
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مهوا”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 622a