ਮੈਦਾ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میده (maida).

Noun

ਮੈਦਾ (maidā) m

1. maida (fine flour)
   • 1604, Guru Nanak, Ādi Granth ang 142:

     ਕਿਆ ਮੇਵਾ ਕਿਆ ਘਿਉ ਗੁੜੁ ਮਿਠਾ ਕਿਆ ਮੈਦਾ ਕਿਆ ਮਾਸੁ ॥

     kiā mevā kiā ghiu guṛu miṭhā kiā maidā kiā māsu.

     • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

       What good are fruits, what good is ghee, sweet jaggery, what good is flour, and what good is meat?

Descendants

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੈਦਾ (maidā)

  Shahmukhi script: مَیدَہ (maidah)

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਮੈਦਾ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 246.
• “ਮੈਦਾ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024