मड़ुआ

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मँड़ुआ (mãṛuā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀫𑀟𑀕 (*maḍaga), from Sanskrit मडक (maḍaka), मट्टक (maṭṭaka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mə.ɽʊ.ɑː/, [mɐ.ɽʊ.äː]

Noun

मड़ुआ • (maṛuā) m (Urdu spelling مڑؤا)

1. finger millet, Eleusine coracana

   Synonym: रागी (rāgī)

Declension

Declension of मड़ुआ (masc ind ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मड़ुआ maṛuā	मड़ुए maṛue
oblique	मड़ुए maṛue	मड़ुओं maṛuõ
vocative	मड़ुए maṛue	मड़ुओ maṛuo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मड़ुआ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “maḍaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Colin P. Masica (1979) “Aryan and non-Aryan elements in North Indian agriculture”, in M. Deshpande and P. E. Hook, editors, Aryan and Non-Aryan in India‎^[1], Ann Arbor: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, pages 55–151