مهوا

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from the Sauraseni Apabhramsa descendant of Sanskrit मधुक (madhuka) that has become Hindi महुआ (mahuā) / Urdu مہوا (mahuā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mah.waː/

Noun

مَهْوَا • (mahwā) f

1. mahua (Madhuca longifolia)
   • 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri]‎^[1], volume 3, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1855, page 128:

Declension

Declension of noun مَهْوَا (mahwā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَهْوَا mahwā	الْمَهْوَا al-mahwā	مَهْوَا mahwā
Nominative	مَهْوَا mahwā	الْمَهْوَا al-mahwā	مَهْوَا mahwā
Accusative	مَهْوَا mahwā	الْمَهْوَا al-mahwā	مَهْوَا mahwā
Genitive	مَهْوَا mahwā	الْمَهْوَا al-mahwā	مَهْوَا mahwā

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مهوا”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 622a