މާ

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məː/, [məː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit माला (mālā)

Noun

މާ • (mā) (plural މާތައް (mātak̊))

1. flower

Etymology 2

Suffix

މާ • (-mā)

1. when

Etymology 3

Inherited from Sanskrit महा (mahā). Cognate with Sinhalese මා (mā). Doublet of މަހާ (mahā)

Adjective

މާ • (mā) 

1. great, big, large

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 160

Etymology 4

Inherited from Sanskrit मघा (maghā). Cognate with Sinhalese මා (mā)

Noun

މާ • (mā)

1. The tenth nakaiy of the south-west monsoon.
2. The asterism Alpha (Regulus), Zeta, Gamma (Algeiba), Mu, Epsilon and Eta in Leonis

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 160

Etymology 5

Adverb

މާ • (mā)

1. more