माफ

See also: माफ़

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian معاف (mu'āf), from Arabic مُعَافىً (muʕāfan), from the root ع ف و (ʕ f w). Compare Gujarati માફ (māph), Hindi माफ़ (māf), Punjabi ਮਾਫ (māph) / معاف (māf), Nepali माफ (māph).

Adjective

माफ • (māph)

1. forgiven, pardoned

Related terms

• माफी (māphī, “forgiveness”)

References

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

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mäɸ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: माफ्

Noun

माफ • (māph)

1. forgiveness, pardon

   माफ गर्नु  ―  māph garnu  ―  to forgive