मकई

Hindi

Etymology

From a feminine form of Sanskrit मर्कक (markaka); see Hindi मक्का (makkā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.kə.iː/, [mɐ.kɐ.iː]

Noun

मकई • (makaī) f (Urdu spelling مکئی)

1. Synonym of मक्का (makkā, “maize, corn”)

Declension

Declension of मकई (fem ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मकई makaī	मकइयाँ makaiyā̃
oblique	मकई makaī	मकइयों makaiyõ
vocative	मकई makaī	मकइयो makaiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मकई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, 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