मड़ुआ

Hindi

Alternative forms
  • मँड़ुआ (mãṛuā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀫𑀟𑀕 (*maḍaga), from Sanskrit मडक (maḍaka), मट्टक (maṭṭaka).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mə.ɽʊ.ɑː/, [mɐ.ɽʊ.äː]

Noun

मड़ुआ • (maṛuā) m (Urdu spelling مڑؤا)

  1. finger millet, Eleusine coracana
    Synonym: रागी (rāgī)

Declension
Declension of मड़ुआ (masc ind ā-stem)
singular plural
direct मड़ुआ
maṛuā		 मड़ुए
maṛue
oblique मड़ुए
maṛue		 मड़ुओं
maṛuõ
vocative मड़ुए
maṛue		 मड़ुओ
maṛuo

References
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मड़ुआ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “maḍaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Colin P. Masica (1979) “Aryan and non-Aryan elements in North Indian agriculture”, in M. Deshpande and P. E. Hook, editors, Aryan and Non-Aryan in India‎, Ann Arbor: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, pages 55–151
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