ماڑا
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*maṭṭa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /mäː.ɽäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: ما‧ڑا
Adjective edit
ماڑا • (māṛā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਾੜਾ)
- weak, feeble
- poor (as opposed to rich)
- bad; weak (as opposed to good)
- Synonym: بَھیڑا (bhaeṛā)
- small; little (as opposed to big)
- light (as opposed to heavy)
Declension edit
| Declension of ماڑا | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | ماڑا (māṛā) | ماڑے (māṛe) | ماڑی (māṛī) | ماڑیاں (māṛīyāṉ) | |
| oblique | ماڑے (māṛe) | ماڑیْاں (māṛiyāṉ) | ماڑی (māṛī) | ماڑیاں (māṛīyāṉ) | |
Further reading edit
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ماڑا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਮਾੜਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*maṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 557