माह

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɑːɦ/, [mäːʱ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian ماه (māh), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s. Doublet of मास (mās). Cognate of English moon.

Noun

माह • (māh) m (Urdu spelling ماہ)

1. a month

   Synonyms: महीना (mahīnā), मास (mās)

2. the moon

   Synonyms: चांद (cānd), चंद्रमा (candramā), महताब (mahtāb)

Declension

Declension of माह (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	माह māh	माह māh
oblique	माह māh	माहों māhõ
vocative	माह māh	माहो māho

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit मध्य (madhya)

Noun

माह • (māh) m (Urdu spelling ماہ)

1. (dialectal) in, inside, within

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

माह • (māh) f (Urdu spelling ماہ)

1. Jasminum multiflorum

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

माह • (māh) m (Urdu spelling ماہ)

1. Magha month

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “माह”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “माह”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “माह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press