मका
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Marathi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit मर्कक (markaka, “Ardea argala”). Compare Gujarati મકાઈ (makāī), Hindustani مَکَّا (makkā) / मक्का (makkā), مَکَئی (makaī) / मकई (makaī), Sindhi مَڪائيِ, مڪئي / मकाई, مڪي / मकी, Punjabi ਮੱਕੀ (makkī) / مَکّی (makkī), Nepali मकै (makai), Odia ମକା (môka), Maithili मकै (makaɨ) / 𑒧𑒏𑒻 (makai), Assamese মাকৈ (makoi).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
मका • (makā) m or f
Further reading[edit]
- Berntsen, Maxine, “मका”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मका”, 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) “मका”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “markaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press