माग
Marathi
Etymology
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Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘰𑘐 (māga), from Apabhramsa मग्ग (magga), from Prakrit मग्ग (magga), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀕 (maga /magga/), from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga).[1] Doublet of मार्ग (mārga).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɡ/
- Rhymes: -aɡ
- Hyphenation: माग
Proper noun
- trace, track
- असं लपा की माग नाही राहिला पाहिजे.
- asa lapā kī māg nāhī rāhilā pāhije.
- Hide such that there’s no trace [of you].
- मी त्याच्या मागावर आहे. ― mī tyācyā māgāvar āhe. ― I am on his tail.
References
More information
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mārga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 579: “M. māg m. 'road, track'”
- ^ Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “माग”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 116
- ^ Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “माग”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 639
- ^ दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “माग”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2446
Old Gujarati
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Apabhramsa मग्ग (magga), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀕𑁆𑀕 (magga), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀕 (maga), from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga), a vṛddhi derivative of मृग (mṛga), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás. Cognate with Old Bengali মাগ.
Noun
माग • (māga) m
Descendants
- Gujarati: માગ (māg)
Old Marathi
Verb
माग (māga) m