मैदा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میده (mayda). Compare Assamese ময়দা (moyoda), Bengali ময়দা (moẏoda), Gujarati મેંદો (mendo), Maithili मेदा (mēdā), Marathi मैदा (maidā), Marwari मैदौ (maidau), Nepali मैदा (maidā), Odia ମଇଦା (môida), Punjabi ਮੈਦਾ (maidā), Sindhi مَيْدو (maido).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɛː.d̪ɑː/, [mɛː.d̪äː]

Noun

मैदा • (maidā) m (Urdu spelling میدا)

1. fine flour (usually made from wheat)

Declension

Declension of मैदा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मैदा maidā	मैदे maide
oblique	मैदे maide	मैदों maidõ
vocative	मैदे maide	मैदो maido

Descendants

• → English: maida
• → Malayalam: മൈദ (maida)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मैदा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 834

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میده (maida).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məi.d̪a/

Noun

मैदा • (maidā) m

1. maida (refined wheat flour)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “मैदा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 121.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मैदा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 667
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मैदा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).