मुद्दा

See also: मदद

Hindi

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Classical Persian مدعی/مدعا (mudda'ā), from Arabic مُدَّعَى (muddaʕā, “claimed”), from the root د ع و (d ʕ w). Compare Punjabi ਮੁੱਦਾ (muddā) / مُدَّعا (muddaʻā), Gujarati મુદ્દો (muddo), Marathi मुद्दा (muddā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊd̪.d̪ɑː/, [mʊd̪̚.d̪äː]

Noun

मुद्दा • (muddā) m (Urdu spelling مدعی)

1. subject, topic

   Synonym: बात (bāt)

2. object (the topic under discussion)
3. issue, matter, problem

Declension

Declension of मुद्दा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मुद्दा muddā	मुद्दे mudde
oblique	मुद्दे mudde	मुद्दों muddõ
vocative	मुद्दे mudde	मुद्दो muddo

Alternative forms

• मुद्दआ (muddaā)

References

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

Marathi

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Classical Persian مدعی/مدعا (mudda'ā), from Arabic مُدَّعَى (muddaʕā, “claimed”), from the root د ع و (d ʕ w). Compare Gujarati મુદ્દો (muddo), Hindustani مدعی (muddaʻā) / मुद्दा (muddā), Punjabi ਮੁੱਦਾ (muddā) / مُدَّعا (muddaʻā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mud̪.d̪a/

Noun

मुद्दा • (muddā) m

1. point (the topic of discussion, the main idea)
2. clause

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “मुद्दा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मुद्दा”, 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) “मुद्दा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• muddā (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• মুদ্দা (Bengali script)
• මුද‍්දා (Sinhalese script)
• မုဒ္ဒါ or မုၻ္ၻႃ or မုၻ်ၻႃ (Burmese script)
• มุทฺทา or มุททา (Thai script)
• ᨾᩩᨴ᩠ᨴᩤ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຸທ຺ທາ or ມຸທທາ (Lao script)
• មុទ្ទា (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄪𑄘𑄴𑄘𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

मुद्दा f

1. Devanagari script form of muddā

Declension

Declension table of "muddā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	muddā	muddāyo or muddā
Accusative (second)	muddaṃ	muddāyo or muddā
Instrumental (third)	muddāya	muddāhi or muddābhi
Dative (fourth)	muddāya	muddānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	muddāya	muddāhi or muddābhi
Genitive (sixth)	muddāya	muddānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	muddāya or muddāyaṃ	muddāsu
Vocative (calling)	mudde	muddāyo or muddā