मुद्दा

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).

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

मुद्दा • (muddā) m (Urdu spelling مدعی)

1. subject, topic

   Synonym: बात (bāt)

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

• मुद्दआ (muddaā)

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

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)

• IPA^(key): /mud̪.d̪a/

मुद्दा • (muddā) m

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

• 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).

मुद्दा f

1. Devanagari script form of muddā