ماذا

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

مَا (mā) +‎ ذَا (ḏā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /maː.ðaː/
    • (file)
    (Egypt) IPA(key): [ˈmæː.ðæ], [ˈmæː.zæ]
    (Levant) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.ða], [-æː-], [ˈmaː.za], [-æː-]
    (Central Arabia) IPA(key): [ˈmæː.ðɐ]
    (Persian Gulf) IPA(key): [ˈmɑː.ðɐ]
    (Tunisia) IPA(key): [ˈmɛː.ðæ]
    (Morocco) IPA(key): [ˈmæː.ða], [ˈmæː.da]

Pronoun[edit]

مَاذَا • (māḏā) m

  1. (interrogative pronoun) what
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 10:101:
      قُلِ ٱنْظُرُوا مَاذَا فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ
      quli nẓurū māḏā fī s-samāwāti wa-l-ʔarḍi
      Say “Observe what is in the heavens and earth.”
  2. what on earth

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ما”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=ماذا&oldid=75803712"